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OpenDNS boards.ie blocking - Phishing Threat

Amalgam · 2016-10-01 14:31:26

OpenDNS have flagged boards.ie as a phishing threat for the last hour or so. I am with Three 'Midband'. Normally, I put it down to an OpenDNS hiccup and reset the router. I have reset the router three times now and performed a flush/reset of the DNS cache, in Windows. The same problem persists. A new ip each time too, just…

01-10-2016 03:31PM

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Amalgam

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OpenDNS have flagged boards.ie as a phishing threat for the last hour or so. I am with Three 'Midband'.

Normally, I put it down to an OpenDNS hiccup and reset the router. I have reset the router three times now and performed a flush/reset of the DNS cache, in Windows.

The same problem persists. A new ip each time too, just to add.

OpenDNS definitions of malicious actrivity can be a bit loose, God knows what they define as phishing..

Just a heads up.

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#2 01-10-2016 07:15PM

BailMeOut

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I am seeing the same thing.

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#3 02-10-2016 12:13PM

blackbox

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I was blocked all day yesterday. Seems OK now.

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#4 03-10-2016 01:06PM

Boards.ie: Mark

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Boards.ie was being false flagged by OpenDNS as a phishing site on Saturday, but was thankfully resolved (thanks in part to users tweeting at OpenDNS and submitting reports) on Sunday.

How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site

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