

I don't use facebook or any other social media, I don't put personal info on websites. I do set firefox to not track me but don't really mind it too much.īy the way, I do access many sites that might not be considered really safe etc. I have always run a good anti virus program.Īs to malware, I am not sure what that is if it is not a virus and my antivirus always stops all of that.Īs for popups, they are usually ads and I don't mind ads very much. However, I have been working on the net since 1995 and in all that time I have only had two viruses and both of them were silly mistakes on my part. The only one that has done this to me so far is Privacy Badger, but it can easily be fixed by going to Tools > Add ons > Disable (for any of the extensions). Temporarily disable one extension at a time if or when this happens, then refresh the page (F5) to find out which one is the culprit. Some extensions can (and likely will) cause some websites to stop functioning properly over time, if not immediately. Cookies: All third-party cookies (may cause websites to break) Tools > Options > Privacy & Security > Content Blocking: Custom Since the release of Firefox 67, it is now possible to block known Cryptominers and Fingerprinters. Here they are:Įxplore more privacy & security staff picks: Without diving deep into the reasons why these extensions are used, I'll let everyone read up on these to decide if they can benefit from them as well. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I'd like to share a few extensions I use to increase the security and privacy while browsing the Internet. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse.

The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests.
