# Anyone had trouble getting on forum

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [13 November 2025 17:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671 "2025-11-13T17:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![montyfert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@montyfert](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/montyfert)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 17:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/1 "2025-11-13T17:46:24Z")

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hi been trying for what seems like hours to get on the forum but couldn't , turns out Norton safe web has blocked ([https://discourse.nodered.org/](https://discourse.nodered.org/)) silly blooming thing .  
had to add it to trusted list ??

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 20:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/2 "2025-11-13T20:40:11Z")

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Ah, I ditched Norton many, many years ago. It and similar tools tend to create as many, if not more, problems than they solve.

I use secure DNS and rely on browser settings + AdGuard (browser extension), I also have Microsoft Defender active of course.

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**Author:** ![marcus-j-davies](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcus-j-davies/32/103435_2.png) [@marcus-j-davies](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcus-j-davies)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 20:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/3 "2025-11-13T20:47:59Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> I use secure DNS and rely on browser settings + AdGuard (browser extension), I also have Microsoft Defender active of course.

Have a very similar setup.

I have network wide AdGuard (AdGuard Home) - where the upstream DNS is tls.

Has worked wonders - the last Norton product I used was Ghost (the very very early releases) - Gosh... Good Times! 🤓

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 20:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/4 "2025-11-13T20:55:45Z")

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PiHole is another good tool of course, if you have a spare Pi around.

In fact, I keep forgetting (because it is so hands-off!) that I also put some filtering on my Ubiquiti router.

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**Author:** ![omrid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@omrid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/omrid)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 21:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/5 "2025-11-13T21:09:13Z")

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I also had issues where my AVG blocked me, suspecting that the site is infected. setting exceptions only worked partially. Let's see what's happening

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 21:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/6 "2025-11-13T21:16:21Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> PiHole is another good tool of course, if you have a spare Pi around.

It doesn't have to be a spare PI, I run it alongside one of my allways-on node-red systems. Also it doesn't have to be a PI, any machine running one of the [supported operating systems](https://docs.pi-hole.net/main/prerequisites/#supported-operating-systems) will do.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 21:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/7 "2025-11-13T21:26:02Z")

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Ah, didn't know that!

Sigh, another thing to add to my ever-growing list of things to try. 😃

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2025 21:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/8 "2025-11-13T21:38:33Z")

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It typically consumes about 1% CPU on a Pi 4 on my home network with about 6 connected devices. It is great and removes the vast majority of adverts from Android apps connected into the wifi.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [14 November 2025 09:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/9 "2025-11-14T09:09:45Z")

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@montyfert someone reported that to me privately a few days ago. We investigated via the Norton Safe Web site that allows you to check a URL - [Safeweb](https://safeweb.norton.com/report?url=https:%2F%2Fdiscourse.nodered.org)

And it reports back as 'safe' ... so really not clear why it then gets blocked _sometimes_.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/0/3/03c9353690713b5cf7f28a781939b50b0d5dc2b1.png)

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [14 November 2025 11:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/10 "2025-11-14T11:14:11Z")

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Most of these tools now do dynamic checks which can mean that access is blocked because of some transient issue such as you transiting through a more risky network connection. Various things go into the dynamic calculations. It is not uncommon to get a block that then clears later.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 February 2026 11:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/anyone-had-trouble-getting-on-forum/99671/11 "2026-02-12T11:14:26Z")

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