Forum Firewall

[Mike M]

I've been testing the Forum Firewall and checking the logs.

Am going to turn the blocking on for tonight and see how it goes. Will turn it off in the AM. Let me know if there are any issues.

I'm amazed at the stuff the other mods have stopped. 

This will be just one more layer of protection. There are parts of it that I can adjust or turn off depending on how it goes.

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[Mo]

Sometimes I get the following error message:

HTTP Error 403 Forbidden

You don't have permission to access

/smf/post/quote.46211/last_msg.46211/site-news/forum-firewall-4914.0.html on this server.

Your computer may be infected with a virus or a trojan. The Firewall has determined that you: Hacking attempt has been blocked!
money

If you get this message in error, please contact the ADM1N and provide the date and time of this message.

[Mike M]

So, the Firewall works?

Have you run any anti-malware or anti-virus programs lately?

I'm wondering if its a false positive or what.

[Mo]

I Have Norton and it runs a scan daily I think.

[Mike M]

What about Malware?

Spybot search and Destroy
Malwarebytes

Both are free. I run both. Sometimes one catches  something the other misses.

[Mike M]

I just found some settings in Permissions to whitelist members in Firewall, Bad Behavior and http:BL.

Enabled that for anyone newbie up.

That should help?