In article <gXhWn.1043$vD2.807@news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Pedro Hardhat <choc@icecream.com> wrote:
>
> Dave U. Random <anonymous@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> wrote in
> news:e881b15f15c268682a5f12f857880734@anonymitaet-im-inter.net:
>
> > I now find that it is blocking MyWayNews.
> >
> > What in the heck is wrong with this program? Which idiot placed so
> > many good sites into it's block list?
> >
> > I have the paid version, and it is updated.
> >
> > This feature is so ridiculous that I had to uncheck Website Blocking
> > on my wife's machine. She wouldn't put up with it another day after
> > it blocked a children's clothes site.
> >
> > Ridiculous!
> >
> >
>
> That would be because the domain is owned by IAC and because the IP range
> hosts the unpopular IAC domains smileycentral, funwebproducts, iwon and
> zwinky.

That does explain it. But I think blocking entire domains because of
a few sites is really overkill and entirely unproductive. This MBAM
is really a rather crudely done program. It needs a major rethink.