IE7 displays "This page cannot be displayed" error.
Firefox 3 displays "the connection has been cancelled".
Norton indicates that this is a HTTP Fake Scan Webpage.
Same problem with Opera.
With or with Norton safe web no difference.
Windows xp home sp3.
Thanks.
Any other security products installed. I also just checked those links on my laptop and they work just fine. Both have NIS 2009 installed and Firefox 3.03.
Webroot spy sweeper and superantispyware but not in real time, only on demand.
Well its a known fact that Spy Sweeper and NIS 2009 do not get along.
But I use spy sweeper only on demand.
Yes but is the service running at all even though your using on demand. Have you tried uninstall Spy Sweeper and see what happens.
There are viruses that change your URL's and try to take you to mal-site (I think that's a good word here). Could be you have something not on the radar yet, but it's trying to take you to sites that are detectable as mal-sites.
Any suggestions for what to do if that is the case?
I'll try tomorrow, now I'm going to bed.
Thanks.
I uninstalled spy sweeper but the problem remains. Other suggestions?
Thanks.
When I disable the detection for that specific threat I have access to the normal website, I don't get redirected to some malware site.
mijcar wrote:There are viruses that change your URL's and try to take you to mal-site (I think that's a good word here). Could be you have something not on the radar yet, but it's trying to take you to sites that are detectable as mal-sites.
Any suggestions for what to do if that is the case?
Something is seriously screwing with my NIS2009, now http://www.prevx.com/ also gets blocked with the same message!
And since the Symantec guys seem to have no clue on what's happening... I'll just do a complete reinstall of NIS2009.
Reinstalling NIS2009 didn't help! 
Besides the NIS2009 scans, I did additional scans with:
- Avira AntiVir Premium v8.1
- SuperAntiSpyware Pro v4.21
- Sunbelt CounterSpy v3.1
- PrevxCSI v3.0
Besides some tracking cookies, all scans came up clean! So it's safe to say, I'm not infected. I will try to fiddle with some settings in Windows Safe Mode.
I found the problem!!
The problem is caused by my ad blocking program called Ad Muncher, http://www.admuncher.com/ .
With the Windows tool "msconfig" I disabled a bunch of services and start-up programs, I reactivated them one at a time. When I reactivated Ad Muncher, the problem with NIS2009 started! So I deactivated and activated Ad Muncher a couple of times and each and every time I reactivated Ad Muncher, NIS2009 started to throw that threat detection in my face.
To be clear about something, NIS2009 didn't detect Ad Muncher itself as a threat! Ad Muncher re-routes all internet traffic through it's ad-blocking engine to filter ads and pop-ups. This gave me the idea of excluding Ad Muncher in the NIS2009 scanning engine, sadly this didn't work.
So I guess the most logical thing to do is contacting Ad Muncher support.
I made a thread at the Ad Muncher forums, http://www.admuncher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3927
I hope it can be fixed.
Interesting post. This morning I discovered that the ad-blocking component of IE7Pro blocks Flash videos from playing. I guess the problem is that most flash videos today lead off with an advertisement. If the ad is blocked then it never gets to the actual video I wanted to see.
Seems obvious now, but I had never thought that through. Bet that's happening in various forms to a lot of people here.
(Ad + link ,or Ad + video) + (ad blocking) = you get absolutely nothing.
This is why before you make a thread you ned to cover all your bases first. Then when making a thread you need to state all the current security software running. Ad Muncher is a thing of the past and is not needed. IE 7Pro plugin for IE is a free alternative. Better yet use Firefox with Ad blocker plus.Glad to hear you figured it out.
denniz wrote:I found the problem!!
The problem is caused by my ad blocking program called Ad Muncher, http://www.admuncher.com/ .
With the Windows tool "msconfig" I disabled a bunch of services and start-up programs, I reactivated them one at a time. When I reactivated Ad Muncher, the problem with NIS2009 started! So I deactivated and activated Ad Muncher a couple of times and each and every time I reactivated Ad Muncher, NIS2009 started to throw that threat detection in my face.
To be clear about something, NIS2009 didn't detect Ad Muncher itself as a threat! Ad Muncher re-routes all internet traffic through it's ad-blocking engine to filter ads and pop-ups. This gave me the idea of excluding Ad Muncher in the NIS2009 scanning engine, sadly this didn't work.
So I guess the most logical thing to do is contacting Ad Muncher support.
I made a thread at the Ad Muncher forums, http://www.admuncher.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3927
I hope it can be fixed.
Message Edited by denniz on 10-11-2008 07:15 PM
Good to hear you found it. Please let us know what they say
Bravo denniz. Now I understand: I also us Ad Muncher.
Did you report it to Symantec support?
I know you guys might like Ad Muncher but there is no reason to use it. It is using rescources that could be going to something else. if you simply use Firefox then you do not need Ad Mucncher. Also here is a link for IE7 pro add on.
http://www.ie7pro.com/
To solve the problem I set up Ad Muncher to not filter the sites blocked by Nis.
The developer of Ad Muncher replied to my problem on there forum. He said (and I quote): "There's nothing we can change. Ad Muncher is just filtering web sites. This is a bug/flaw in Norton. You'll need to contact them. ;/"
So if one of the Symantec guys would reply to this statement..?
@Dieselman743: I know about IE7Pro, but I don't like the ad-filter it contains. Ad Muncher does a much better job then IE7Pro in my opinion. If I were to drop Ad Muncher, then my 2nd choice would be SuperAdBlocker from the makers of SuperAntiSpyware. Those two ad blockers are by far the best I've encountered. Firefox could be an option, but currently I'm an IE fan-boy... 
@passenger: I didn't report it directly to Symantec support yet. In the meanwhile I'll adjust Ad Muncher to not filter those websites, thx for the tip.