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Back Room => Updates and Upsets => Topic started by: doug on Sep 24, 2018, 10:03:42

Title: Non connection to OAS website.
Post by: doug on Sep 24, 2018, 10:03:42
      Oh bother ... the laptop won`t connect to the OAS website any more ... says error 127.0.0.1 refused to connect. What a pain and it won`t recognize any and all passwords that I enter. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know. It`s all this modern technology that I don`t understand. Told you I was a pen and paper chap.....

      Doug. :( :roll:
Title: Re: Non connection to OAS website.
Post by: ApophisAstros on Sep 24, 2018, 10:38:20
Do a full virus scan deleting anything it recommends , hopefully its just an erroneous cookie or malware interfering with things.
Roger
Title: Re: Non connection to OAS website.
Post by: Carole on Sep 24, 2018, 14:33:00
You do very well Doug for a late learner.  Hope you get it sorted.

Carole
Title: Re: Non connection to OAS website.
Post by: Hugh on Sep 25, 2018, 18:31:49
Hi Doug

I googled the error code and it indicates that it is a Proxy Server setting virus.

Look at the youtube link below for more info.  However, from the comments attached it didn't work on some machines?  But there are a number of other links when you google the error code so some may work for you ~ let's hope.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8wi-vWLSY

Hugh
Title: Re: Non connection to OAS website.
Post by: Rick on Oct 12, 2018, 23:35:55
One possibility is that your IP address has been blacklisted. This can happen if you have too many bad requests (including, but not limited to, login attempts with the wrong password) from it in a short space of time. Come back a little later, and the blockage should have expired.