Posted on 07/04/2020 4:52:30 PM PDT by ducttape45
I don't know if anyone else is running into this problem, but in the last week or so I'm having trouble getting any of the Chromium browsers, whether it be Google Chrome or any other variant, to work properly.
Specifically, when I try to link to articles from another website, or I try to get into a website, let's say for instance Dan Bogino's website, I keep getting a Cloudfare error that says I'm not allowed to access it. YET, I can access that same website from a Mozilla browser, such as the one I'm using now, Palemoon. I'm also getting errors saying the website is unavailable, yet, a Mozilla browser picks it up just fine. And this problem persists whether I'm running Windows 7 or 10.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the different Chromium browsers to no avail. This is maddening, but I can't seem to find anything online that addresses the problem specifically, so I decided to try here and see if any fellow Freepers have run into this, and if so how did you fix it.
“If Google and Mozilla turn off Parler, etc, we’re cooked.”
I guess it’s back to shortwave and BBS.
Windows versions
I use Opera, but Chrome works fine and so does PaleMoon.
We’re left to tender mercies of Safari, then?
Better get out the checkbook.
I still prefer Opera.
I just installed SRWare Iron, and so far it’s firing on all cylinders. But now I think another left wing tech movement is afoot to block certain websites being accessed via their software. I wonder how far this will go.....
Disable your add-ins. It’s probably their anti-DDoS mitigation blocking what you are trying to do.
I’ve used that in the past, but I downloaded and installed Flashpeak SlimJet because it seemed user friendly, plus it has a video downloader built in. Now it doesn’t work with a lot of the websites I used to access with it, and this has all happened within the last 10 days or so.
What add-ins/extensions would be causing something like that? I only have things like FB Purity, Adblock Plus, Save Image as Type, Force Background tabs installed.
Not me. I have Linux and 4 separate browsers for specific websites but Palemoon’s my main squeeze.
Well that didn’t last long. I installed it, and after only 60 minutes or less I’m being blocked again. Even with SRWare. WHAT IN THE BLUE BLAZES IS GOING ON!?!?!?!?!?!
User-Agent Switcher extension, I believe, was causing the problems. It's an extension used to render YouTube in a manner in keeping with it's old interface/GUI. If installed with default settings, it affects a lot of different websites so I had to go in and tell it to specifically target YouTube and nothing else. Then everything started working.
a million hits on:
Cloudflare+chrome+error
some suggestions about how to fix ...
https://www.google.com/search?q=Cloudflare+chrome+error
I usually see Cloudflare issues when site i want has been or is under ddos attack. If its a mild attack or is 9ver it results in hang. If bad it goes to Cloudflareb splash screen.
Brave is the most stable browser I’ve ever used.
Never crashes and never a problem as you describe.
Interesting. I hope that is it.
My version/settings continue to function at baseline level. No blocking observed.
I am a Microsoft Tech. It’s a whole new browser. Edge for Windows 10 was scuttled. Chromium Edge took its place.
Try to keep up.
Thanks!
Seems to be mostly a programmer/artist named Markus Straver, also called Mark Straver or M.C.C. Straver. He used to be located in Sweden, and may still be there.
Unlike some Firefox clones, Pale Moon is updated frequently. I suspect that maintaining Pale Moon is Straver's main job.
I also run a VPN w/ Norton 360, and Opera has a built-in VPN which I activate and have zero problems going anywhere.
What was the name of the site(s) you had problems with? I want to visit and test out the VPN.
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