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Bamse:
Those who have given up on web blocking services have another nail for the coffin. K9 blocks download link of Launchbar Commander. Category is not the temporary "Suspicious" but the confirmed "Spyware/Malware source". Page for Launchbar is allowed, direct link to exe file not.

I have filled out the form, asking to exchange Spyware/Malware Sources with Software/Downloads. Page can be reached here http://www1.k9webprotection.com/support/check-site-rating Link to dispute is https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/LaunchBarCommander/downloads/LaunchBarCommanderSetup.exe

barney:
I, too, filled out their form, noting that their automated review process is faulty.  However, I don't expect much.  It's a pity that such sites can so mislead the innocents on the Web - WOT is another example, as is McAfee

barney:
Sorry,

I created that post, but never hit the post button  :-[.

Renegade:
Sigh... Computer security is such a horrible field... Security period is a horrible field.

Babies... bathwater... Sigh...

barney:
The K9 response:

Submitted URL:        https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/LaunchBarCommander/downloads/LaunchBarCommanderSetup.exe
Suggested category:        Software Downloads
Your comments:        DonationCoder is a software discussion forum as well as a software provider mostly for specialized software. I is not, and never has been a malware provider. Since some of the software does link into the Windows kernel and other elements of the Windows OS, false positives are common from security companies who, apparently like you, automate their review processes. (If you're not gonna be responsible, you shouldn't be at all.)
Reviewed:        January 31, 2011 3:01:10 AM GMT
        
Thanks for submitting https://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/LaunchBarCommander/downloads/LaunchBarCommanderSetup.exe to the Blue Coat WebFilter team for review. We appreciate the opportunity to provide the results of our analysis with you.

Based on your recommendation and after careful evaluation of the Web content submitted, a Web Content Analyst has recategorized this URL as Computers/Internet.

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OK, folk,

I know I'm an old curmudgeon, but I really see a problem with this, one that I've observed growing worse over the years.  It only takes one (1) complaint to post banns on a site, but it takes concerted effort by several to achieve amelioration.

I recall a [brief] movement years ago to create an Ombudsman element on the Web.  At the time, I scoffed, but events over the last few years lead me to believe it might be a worthwhile effort.  The trick, of course, would be how to implement it  :-\.  Anyone with a pregnant idea?

Edit:  apologies for misuse of banns.

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