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My wife's Dell Dimension runs Windows XP SP 2. Recently she has gotten a

restricted access message when trying to get to certain web sites. So far as

I know they are:



www.bing.com

www.facebook.com

www.myspace.com

www.youtube.com



She can get on MSN, Google, and Yahoo.



This message comes up under IE and Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.



She has the latest version of Norton 360 Premium and the scans removed a

couple items, but still no access on these sites.



Oh, and she's got a shortcut to Farm Town (a FB game) that works. She can't

go to Facebook home though.



The message reads:



Restricted Site!

This web site is restricted based on your security preferences.

Your system is infected. Please activate your antivirus software.



Thanks for the help.



Jim
 
Try opening "internet options" (control panel),security tab,locate "set all

to default" button,close out.If still a problem,reopen internet

options,advanced

tab,@ bottom of page select "Load default settings" close out.Also,what

service

is saying "Activate youre anti-virus".....You may want to run other security

software,try microsoft "Windows Defender",get it here..

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx



"James Shaw" wrote:



> My wife's Dell Dimension runs Windows XP SP 2. Recently she has gotten a

> restricted access message when trying to get to certain web sites. So far as

> I know they are:

>

> www.bing.com

> www.facebook.com

> www.myspace.com

> www.youtube.com

>

> She can get on MSN, Google, and Yahoo.

>

> This message comes up under IE and Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

>

> She has the latest version of Norton 360 Premium and the scans removed a

> couple items, but still no access on these sites.

>

> Oh, and she's got a shortcut to Farm Town (a FB game) that works. She can't

> go to Facebook home though.

>

> The message reads:

>

> Restricted Site!

> This web site is restricted based on your security preferences.

> Your system is infected. Please activate your antivirus software.

>

> Thanks for the help.

>

> Jim
 
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:02:01 -0800, James Shaw

wrote:



>My wife's Dell Dimension runs Windows XP SP 2. Recently she has gotten a

>restricted access message when trying to get to certain web sites. So far as

>I know they are:

>

>www.bing.com

>www.facebook.com

>www.myspace.com

>www.youtube.com

>

>She can get on MSN, Google, and Yahoo.

>

>This message comes up under IE and Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

>

>She has the latest version of Norton 360 Premium and the scans removed a

>couple items, but still no access on these sites.

>

>Oh, and she's got a shortcut to Farm Town (a FB game) that works. She can't

>go to Facebook home though.

>

>The message reads:

>

>Restricted Site!

>This web site is restricted based on your security preferences.

>Your system is infected. Please activate your antivirus software.

>

>Thanks for the help.

>

>Jim



Did/has she done an a/v scan ?
 
Certain websites blocked... bing.com, facebook.com... perhaps byv

On Feb 10, 9:02 pm, James Shaw

wrote:

> My wife's Dell Dimension runs Windows XP SP 2.  Recently she has gottena

> restricted access message when trying to get to certain web sites.  So far as

> I know they are:  

>

> www.bing.comwww.facebook.comwww.myspace.comwww.youtube.com

>

> She can get on MSN, Google, and Yahoo.  

>

> This message comes up under IE and Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.  

>

> She has the latest version of Norton 360 Premium and the scans removed a

> couple items, but still no access on these sites.

>

> Oh, and she's got a shortcut to Farm Town (a FB game) that works.  She can't

> go to Facebook home though.

>

> The message reads:

>

> Restricted Site!

> This web site is restricted based on your security preferences.

> Your system is infected.  Please activate your antivirus software.

>

> Thanks for the help.

>

> Jim



The message could be legit or it could be bogus.



Malicious software can deliver a message that your system is somehow

infected to lure you into downloading, installing and subsequently

paying for some solution to remove the "infection". Since the sites

you list are popular social sites, what a good message to deliver

whenever somebody tries to visit those site.



Hopefully you don't want to just start trying things or come up with

some workaround for the problem, you want to find it and fix it.



Perform some scans for malicious software, then fix any remaining

issues:



Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware

detection programs:



Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/

SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/



They can be uninstalled later if desired.



MBAM usually fixes this problem, but run both MBAM and SAS.



If you still have the problem when the scans runs clean, investigate

further.
 
Have you asked your parents why the decided to especially to block those sites from

you.

--

Peter



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"James Shaw" wrote in message

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> My wife's Dell Dimension runs Windows XP SP 2. Recently she has gotten a

> restricted access message when trying to get to certain web sites. So far as

> I know they are:

>

> www.bing.com

> www.facebook.com

> www.myspace.com

> www.youtube.com

>

> She can get on MSN, Google, and Yahoo.

>

> This message comes up under IE and Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

>

> She has the latest version of Norton 360 Premium and the scans removed a

> couple items, but still no access on these sites.

>

> Oh, and she's got a shortcut to Farm Town (a FB game) that works. She can't

> go to Facebook home though.

>

> The message reads:

>

> Restricted Site!

> This web site is restricted based on your security preferences.

> Your system is infected. Please activate your antivirus software.

>

> Thanks for the help.

>

> Jim
 
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