Error 400 on the fight in Sainsbury's thread

[Sue]

I can no longer get into page 3 at all, and whatever way I try I get this:

Error 400

We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /forum/read.php?5,392355,page=3 on this server.

Your proxy server sent an invalid request. Please contact the proxy server administrator to have this problem fixed.

Your technical support key is: c35d-1261-b783-0251

You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.

If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact db at eastdulwichforum.co.uk and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

(I tried the fix it yourself link but got a strange message. Has this page been corrupted in some way?)

[Administrator]

Are you still getting this issue?

[Sue]

That thread's now OK, but I just got exactly the same message when I tried to edit my first vegetable grater thread post in the Wanted section to say I'd found one - unable to edit it.

Weird. Never had this happen before!

[Sue]

Sorted that one, now I can't get onto page 3 of the Sainsbury's thread, maybe just as well :)

Getting the Error 400 message again.

Am I the only one having problems?

[Administrator]

400 errors:

"95% of the time this is because of a problem on the client system e.g. there is something unstable on your PC running the Web browser."

http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E400.html

Have a look on that website and run through their list of questions, it may well be your browser.

And try running this programme on your computer http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ it's free and will clean things off your computer.

[Sue]

Thanks will try that, but according to the second message I get (see below) it is due to security software protecting the East Dulwich Forum website?

Is that likely? Nothing has changed at my end so far as I'm aware, and this is the only website I am getting these messages on! Thanks.

Technical Support

Your request was intercepted by Bad Behavior, security software which protects the Web site you visited from malicious activity, such as hackers, spam and viruses. We apologize for the inconvenience, but your request matched a profile of suspicious activity. This problem is usually quite easy to fix.

Your computer appears to have sent a request through a proxy server which corrupted the request. Uninstall the proxy server and try again. It is not normally enough to simply disable the proxy server. If you are required to use the proxy server, contact the proxy server administrator for assistance.

This problem may be caused by misconfigured or malfunctioning browser privacy software or personal firewall software. If you use this type of software, turn it off or reconfigure it and try again. (Example: For Norton Internet Security, you need to disable the Stealth Mode Browsing feature.)

This problem may be caused by viruses or spyware on your computer, or by malicious software that pretends to be anti-virus or anti-spyware software. Ensure that you have REAL anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computer, that they are kept up-to-date, and that you have run a full system scan using each tool. Once your system is cleaned of viruses and spyware, please try your request again.

The free Microsoft Security Essentials provides reasonable protection against a wide variety of malicious software.

If the above suggestions fail to resolve the problem, click Back and contact the e-mail address you were given for further assistance.

[2degreesfrommadness]

Hi Admin

I have been experiencing this problem as well. Will show error message etc as described one time then thread can be accessed on another attempt and something else will display "error" message.

[Administrator]

Hi

It seems out protective outer force field, known as Bad Behaviour, occasionally does not like your ISP. What happens is it gets a list of naughty IP addresses from a server, those on the naughty list are ones that have been accused of sending out spam. You both have the same ISP, AOL, which tells us that someone has been using their AOL account to send spam and AOL have not dealt with them quickly enough and therefore one of the AOL servers has been put on the list. Unfortunately we cannot take down the force field to alleviate this problem for the two of you as it would open us up to attack from many others, Bad Behaviour is something that helps keep this forum spam free.

So all we can do is wait, it is out of our hands but AOL will know how to remove their server from the blacklist. Sorry we cannot do any more to help.

[Sue]

Thanks admin, when I get a minute I will contact AOL.

[Narnia]

I've had the same problem and am an AOL user too.