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Old May 7th, 2008, 09:59 PM
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Hello,

i would like another Opera user to check a link(s) for me if possible. I often visit the official Dell site here in Canada. This is the link,

http://www.dell.ca/

which i can get to with no problem. Now when i click any of the links in the dropdown boxes for desktops, laptops, etc i get a warning from Opera that the page has been blacklisted. I have visited that site and links within hundreds of times with nary a hiccup. Could someone please verify.

Thanks.



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Old May 7th, 2008, 10:10 PM
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I use Opera, and have no problem accessing the dropdown boxes from your link.
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Old May 7th, 2008, 10:14 PM
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I use Opera, and have no problem accessing the dropdown boxes from your link.
Ok, thanks. A dumb question but just to confirm u do have the fraud protection option enabled within Opera?



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Old May 7th, 2008, 10:25 PM
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No, I don't bother with fraud protection for general surfing.
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Old May 7th, 2008, 10:35 PM
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Yes snowbound, the site returns me fraud warning whenever I try clicking on any links on the dropdown boxes. I have fraud protection enabled.
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Old May 8th, 2008, 06:08 AM
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Yes snowbound, the site returns me fraud warning whenever I try clicking on any links on the dropdown boxes. I have fraud protection enabled.
Thanks a bunch Nek. Not sure what to make of it, as i said i have been on the site umpteen times and now this...


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Old May 8th, 2008, 06:40 AM
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Hello,
Tried it ... got the same warnings as you did.
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Last edited by Mrkvonic : May 8th, 2008 at 06:41 AM. Reason: Edit: fraud was not enabled ... tried again :(
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Old May 8th, 2008, 06:49 AM
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Hello,
Tried it ... got the same warnings as you did.
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Thanks Mr. Mrk. Guess i'll be purchasing by phone instead when ready.



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Old May 8th, 2008, 12:39 PM
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I got it as well. I wonder if there have been some changes to fraud protection recently because I got my first warning yesterday when I clicked on a link to a well known image sharing site that I have been to many times before?
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Old May 8th, 2008, 07:02 PM
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I got it as well. I wonder if there have been some changes to fraud protection recently
I was thinking that also but have had the newest version for a while now and up till yesterday, no alerts(at least not on that site).



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Old May 9th, 2008, 07:39 AM
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Thanks Mr. Mrk. Guess i'll be purchasing by phone instead when ready.



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The problem with Dell's pages is I think worldwide, they have unbelievably amateur and uncaring web programmers.
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Old May 9th, 2008, 03:28 PM
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OK. Nothing new here - I'm missing something.
How do I turn on/off Opera's fraud protection?
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Old May 9th, 2008, 05:33 PM
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OK. Nothing new here - I'm missing something.
How do I turn on/off Opera's fraud protection?
Thanks.
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Hi,

You can do that in advanced preferences section.

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Old May 10th, 2008, 05:40 PM
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Because these warnings only appeared to start on 8th May, I was wondering if they could be the result of changes to the various site's server software, rather than to Opera?

However, it appears that Dell use Microsoft IIS while the image sharing site I mentioned uses Apache! So much for my theory that a Microsoft update, such as XP SP3, might be to blame!
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Old May 10th, 2008, 06:58 PM
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Gerard,
Thanks.
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Old May 15th, 2008, 06:23 AM
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The fraud warning is no more.



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Old May 15th, 2008, 07:02 PM
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The fraud warning is no more.



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What do you mean by this

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Old May 16th, 2008, 05:54 AM
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What do you mean by this

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Hoi Gerard,

i meant that as of yesterday i'm no longer getting the alert from Opera on the Dell links.


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Old May 16th, 2008, 08:33 AM
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same here, no alerts here either. Thy seem to have fixed what ever the problem was
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