egafd.com

ye cheers,i can get all sites using aol 9.0 browser but if i try to get bgafd or egafd or you tube to name 3 sites using ie7 or firfox i cant get them it just times out

I'd lay odds your AOL software is playing funny buggers with the other browsers

Just a little food for thought...couple of years old but who is to say their any better than they were back in 2006

AOL 9.0 Accused of Behaving Like Badware
Update: Anti-malware group says the software deceives users and interferes with computer use.
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
Monday, August 28, 2006 12:00 PM PDT


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AOL's free Internet client software has earned the company a slap on the wrist from StopBadware.org, a consortium set up to combat malicious software. In a report released today, the group advises users to steer clear of the software because of its "badware behavior."

The report blasts the free version of AOL 9.0 because it "interferes with computer use," and because of the way it meddles with components such as the Internet Explorer browser and the Windows taskbar. The suite is also criticized for engaging in "deceptive installation" and faulted because some components fail to uninstall.

The main problem is that AOL simply doesn't properly inform users of what its software will do to their PCs, said John Palfrey, StopBadware.org's co-director. "We don't think that the disclosure is adequate and there are certain mistakes in the way the software is architected in terms of leaving some programs behind," he said. "When there are large programs, some of which stay around after you've thought you've uninstalled them, they need to be disclosed to the user."

Because AOL has taken steps to address StopBadware.org's concerns, the group has held off on officially rating AOL 9.0 as badware, Palfrey said.

Still, the report is not good news for AOL.

Backed by tech companies such as Google, Lenovo Group, and Sun Microsystems, StopBadware.org bills itself as a "Neighborhood Watch" of the Internet. It is run out of two well-respected university departments: Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and University of Oxford's Internet Institute in the U.K.

Monday's report states that AOL is taking steps to address StopBadware.org's concerns, and that the company has confirmed that there is a design flaw in its uninstaller software.

right ill give you a rough idea,using aol browser i can visit these sites no probs, for eg
you porn
bgafd
egafd
eurobabe index
yahoo
msn
wikipedia
etc etc all sites no probs
if i use ie7/firefox/opera,i can visit everything that i can with the aol browser apart from bgafd/egafd and you tube
its just those 3 sites
any idea,strange isnt it

Have you the latest flash/java plugins?

not sure sam its the same thing on my desktop/xp and laptop vista
how do i check please

Ash, I have exactly the same problem as you. It seemed to start a few days ago, after downloading some 'urgent new connection software' from AOL.

If you've also downloaded the software, now you can access the internet without actually signing on to AOL. Just open Internet Explorer or Firefox and it connects automatically.

It seems to have screwed up IE7 and Firefox for sites such as BGAFD and others, yet they can be accessed withour problem using the AOL browser.

I've tried changing the security setting on IE7, but that hasn't helped.

I've also connected to a neighbours wireless network (he isn't on AOL), opened IE7 and I can get BGAFD as normal, so it seems to be some sort of combination of AOL and Internet Explorer, and Firefox.

Sorry I can't offer a solution, but at least you know you are not alone.

cheers pondlife appreciate that,just spoke to aol and apparently therye aware of it and reckon 48 hours to sort it
something to do with that connection update or them moving servers or somthing
i wanted to do same as you n check with a neighbour but aint got none but the issue is identical on my wired desktop running xp and on wireless vista lappy
bloody pain that aol browser aint,much prefer firefox
cheers

Ash, thanks for letting me know that they are already aware of problems. It does look like a server problem, from what little I know about such matters.