Old 08-18-2008, 06:40 PM   #11
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In response tto my query re Savvis, I am using whatever the blocklists that obtain, when clicking the 'check updates' button.

The Savvis entries that appear in the log (in bold blue) are:

23:27:17 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3026 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:18 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3027 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:18 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3028 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:18 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3029 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:21 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3026 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:21 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3027 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:21 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3028 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked
23:27:21 Savvis 92.5.19.209.3029 216.34.181.96.80 TCP Blocked

and a block like this appears every time I click on the update button, with the result that Peer Guardian Update, Ads, P2P and Spyware stick on 'connecting.....' for ever and a day.

The only option is to click on Close and the updates then abort.

What can i do?

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Old 08-19-2008, 01:04 AM   #12
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Disable PG, update, re-enable PG.
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Old 08-19-2008, 09:25 AM   #13
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Thanks shanu,

but your response (to a quote) was decidedly unhelpful.... perhaps you didn't understand the situation? Is it because you are upside down? Or that we are trouncing you in the Medal tables? lol

Everey time I click on 'Check Udates' on the PG2 panel, PG2 proceeds to block the SAVVIS intrusions that inevitably arrive; The 'Updating' panel' for 'PeerGuardian Update' then shows 'Connecting...' and 'Ads' 'P2P'and 'Spyware' ultimately show 'Error Contacting URL...' and that is the way it stays until I click on 'Close''. The only way I can obtain updates is to alloow '216.34.181' for 15 minutes and the updates arrive successfully. (and yes, I cannot believe that Pheonix Labs has agrred this with SAVVIS' but it was to make a point (and to issue warnings to everyone else, if SAVVIS has nobbled my PG2))

The standard blocklists are being used (i.e. those which are implied in clicking on 'Check Updates'

Can anyone throw some light onto what is going on? I would appreciate it...

Thanks, William
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Old 08-19-2008, 10:49 AM   #14
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as shanu said...click the Disable PG2 button on the GUI and then try updating.
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Old 08-19-2008, 05:00 PM   #15
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Well here it is again William, one more time, just for you

Disable PG, check for updates.
Once updating has finished enable PG, it's as simple as that.

FYI I do understand the situation, maybe you should stand on your head when you check for updates, that'll make you the right way up & it should then work

If that doesn't work I guess you could complain to Savvis....................


Seriously though, here's what's going on:
When you have PG enabled & you check for updates, the connection attempts made by PG to check for these updates are being blocked.
They are blocked because the IP address/s where the updates are hosted are in a blocklist you are using.
To make the updates successfull you need to either allow the IP address/s like you have been, or just disable PG until the update is finished & then enable it again.
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Old 08-19-2008, 05:03 PM   #16
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or you can just update from http://iblocklist.com and dont have to disable PG2 to update
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Old 10-03-2008, 09:55 PM   #17
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I have been blocking "Savvis" too. But regardless if it's a good company or one cooperating with those looking to bring down Copyright Infringement law breaker's. I am not concerned with that. I am using IPFILTERX block list and it has been known to be reliable. So I will continue to block Savvis as is.
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Old 10-12-2008, 03:27 PM   #18
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216.34.181.96:4917
216.34.181.96:4918
216.34.181.96:4919
216.34.181.96:4920

Is showing up so and then, I'm guessing this is PG trying to update?
It locks up the computer for a short while when it does. quite a pain.
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Old 10-12-2008, 05:09 PM   #19
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Quote:
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216.34.181.96:4917
216.34.181.96:4918
216.34.181.96:4919
216.34.181.96:4920

Is showing up so and then, I'm guessing this is PG trying to update?
It locks up the computer for a short while when it does. quite a pain.
uhh if you want it allowed then allow it if you want it blocked then leave it blocked..........
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Old 12-08-2008, 10:42 PM   #20
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For those who click on the ares link on the control panel section on Ares, PG2 blocks Savvis. I thought Savvis was bad and if so why does PG2 block it when connecting to Ares website?
There are two problems...well maybe three.
First off, the SAVVIS accounts are apparently guilty by association. They are on a server that apparently has a "history" and any one on that server becomes guilty by association when it comes to most spam programs, or IP blockers. IOW they are on a guilty server or at least one that was. Second, when you click on a link at a legit site you end up connected to that address, not the one that contained the link, which is why it is still blocked.

Contrary to some comments you don't have to quit using PG IF it is blocking a site you wish to visit. Simply open PG, and look at the IPs displayed on the "protection page". This is a whole lot easier if you tell it not to display allowed connections. When the ip comes up that you wish to visit, high light it, right click and select allow. You can allow it for 15 minutes, one hour or permanently. You can also copy that IP to the clipboard.

Oft times legit businesses pick an ISP not knowing their past and find they are having problems. Some times a legit ISP ends up with an IP, or range of reissued IPs that were used for spamming. It sometimes takes a while for the addresses to get cleared (off the black lists)

AND sometimes some customers PCs will become infected, start spewing spam and *everyone* on that ISP will suddenly find themselves blocked. Recently I couldn't get to my own mail accounts. The problem? A number of the customers on that ISP had their computers infected and were spewing spam. The whole block of addresses were blocked by a number of sites and applications.

PG works well, but no computer connected to the Internet is completely safe from those who know how to get in. Remember too, that when file sharing the other end usually needs to have your address to be able to share files.
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