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luckyluca's avatar
luckyluca
On our wavelength
9 months ago

Help, websites blocked despite childsafe and virussafe off

Help, all of a sudden, some websites are blocked by Virgin Media, despite having both childsafe and virussafe off, under online security.

I tried turning on and off childsafe but it doesn't turn on or off, it stays off with the following error 'Sorry the changes you made were not saved, please try again'.

I'd like resume browsing with all filters off. Can this please be looked at and resolved?

Thanks

  • luckyluca's avatar
    luckyluca
    On our wavelength

    Also websites like vimeo.com and reddit.com and protonvpn.com don't work properly.

    vimeo.com and reddit.com give errors and only connect after several retries.

    Protonvpn just doesn't work.

     

     

  • luckyluca's avatar
    luckyluca
    On our wavelength

    I posted a more concise version of this thread in a single post under Broadband

  • Adduxi's avatar
    Adduxi
    Very Insightful Person

    Until it is resolved manually set Google for DNS.  Use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. 

  • luckyluca's avatar
    luckyluca
    On our wavelength

    Unfortunately, the Virgin Media Hub 3.0 does not allow changing DNS settings.

    Is Virgin Media looking at this issue, any ETA when it is going to be resolved?

    • Sabrina_B's avatar
      Sabrina_B
      Forum Team

      Hi luckyluca 👋.

      Thanks for reaching out to us, apologies for the issues that you are having with various web access. Could you please turn off your extensions Brave and the other one showing in your Chrome browser and try the websites again.

      Please let us know. 

      Sabrina

    • Adduxi's avatar
      Adduxi
      Very Insightful Person

      Yes, i know you can't change the DNS on the Router, however you can set the DNS manually on most devices. This will bypass the VM filters in the same way your mobile device does.  It will be a workaround until it is sorted by VM.