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johnny37 | 15:52 Mon 26th Oct 2015 | Editor's Blog
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for the last couple of days i keep getting a message (from Norton) saying this site is not safe. It allows me to ovedrride the message if i think you are safe but when i get in the message keeps coming up. Any idea what the problem is?
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Hi Johnny, when was the last time you had this message - have you had it since this morning?
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yes all day today. Tried scanning with Norton but no viruses found. althiough i have had problems with set up for a few days. all probs seems to have been resolved. Now this is happening every time i log into answerbank. last time in the last few minutes
Is Norton your anti-virus or is that a plug-in installed on your browser that's giving you the message? The AnswerBank is safe to use so Norton shouldn't be giving you a message like that.
Hi Spare Editor/Johnny37
I've been getting the same message since Saturday. It appears with every page change. It even came up when I first tried to send this reply. Is it linked to a spam problem?
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norton is my antivirus. I have just done a complete scan and the prob is still happening.
Answerbank is subject to nuisance ads but I am yet to reach the stage whereby I believe the site to be unsafe.

Perhaps you are using Norton with Internet Explorer. If that is the case I say get a better Browser because AB does have a compatibility issue with IE: as do many other Internet sites.

I consider Firefox to be the best of Browsers :-

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Incidentally, you can have as many Browsers as you wish and if one is 'playing-up' it's an easy matter to switch to another one.

Hans.
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i have been using IE with Answerbank for years with no probs at all. I am reluctant to change. it works with anything else.
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and Norton!
You'll still have Internet Explorer available for use even if you download a half a dozen other Browsers. All I am suggesting is that you try something which could prove to be better and release you from the problem you have at present.

Hans.
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just logged on to AB for the first time today. So far so good. keeping my fingers crossed. Ed - have your boffins done something?
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i spoke too soon.
I could not get on AB last night after about 7 pm. I got 'this site is not available' and the icon on my bookmark changed from the normal one to a weird one.

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