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Ninjinsky
August 5th, 2015, 10:11 AM
Every time I go on the site and click "forums" I get
"The connection was reset"
The 'try again' button gets me in so it is not a big issue but I thought I would flag it up
This site only

( Firefox 36.0.4 )

csmith12
August 5th, 2015, 10:26 AM
Upgrade! The current version is 39.0.

Clear cache and remove temp files.
Disable any questionable addons and turn them on one at a time as needed.

alex.s
August 5th, 2015, 12:11 PM
you're going to too many porn sites probably

Alex
August 5th, 2015, 12:36 PM
What Chris said. I haven't seen that issue on my end, and can't replicate it now. See if you can replicate it with different browsers (IE, Chrome, the newer FF). If it happens in one but not in others, it's highly unlikely (but not impossible) there is something going on with the server side.

Here's what Mozilla recommends about that particular error message:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-dont-load-troubleshoot-and-fix-errors

csmith12
August 5th, 2015, 12:43 PM
Run a spyware/malware scan sometime soon too. Hitting your box with CCleaner wouldn't hurt as well but is more of a maintenance thing.

Ninjinsky
August 5th, 2015, 12:45 PM
Thanks guys. I went back because I was trying to avoid the flash player blocking which is a PITA but the blocking seems to be retroactive :(
36.0.4 is only four months old. not exactly Flock (out of insane curiosity I am going to temporarily load Flock and see if the site runs)
(update, just tried, Flock doesn't even open)

But Alex S is right, It is almost certainly something picked up looking at Charlotte McKinney pictures :D

cbinker
August 5th, 2015, 01:20 PM
i second the 2 much porn.

Alex
August 5th, 2015, 01:59 PM
Flash was re-enabled on Firefox as of July 16th:

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/16/technology/flash-firefox/

Alex
August 11th, 2015, 01:19 PM
Some details here on the security bug recently fixed in 39.0.3:

http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/08/11/firefox-under-fire-anatomy-of-latest-0-day-attack/

It's real, it's being exploited as we speak, and if you're not on 39.0.3, you're at risk.

Update your browsers, folks.