Downloading issues
Hi folks,
We're aware of some issues with our download mechanism today which certain users are experiencing on certain files. The problem stems from our current work trying to get the sites switched over to a fully SSL secured system -- a complex and costly procedure we've been working on for some time now to better secure our sites and your user data.
Because the way this is affecting the CDN, this issue is likely to get worse before it gets better as the CDN cache begins to empty out. We obviously hope to get it fixed as soon as possible, but it could take some time. Hopefully hours, rather than days!
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A moderator has closed this comment topic for the time beingI've tried to get into the chat to see if a Moderator or Admin was present but I get locked out of it, I've tried to post topics but again was blocked by SmartScreen, I've tried PMing with the same results. Basically any attempts to contact any Nexus personnel has been blocked because of SmartScreen or failed to go through from my end. This is the only way that I can get into contact with the Nexus.
To clarify Nexus Mods is unaffected by this and its purely the Nexus Forums that is affected.
4 Hours ago I've been having no problem getting into the Nexus Forums (all are affected) and even had a discussion with a person trying to fix up his code for a Skyrim mod. Now 4 hours later I get a red screen from the Forums stating that:
"This website has been reported as unsafe
forums.nexusmods.com
We recommend that you do not proceed to this website. It had been reported to Microsoft for containing threats to your computer that might reveal personal or financial information"
clicking on More information reveals this:
"Malicious software threat: This site contains links to viruses or other software programs that can reveal personal information stored or typed on your computer to malicious persons"
I've already reported that this is a false threat to Microsoft however I am just one man, while reporting I saw an option that stated:
"I am the owner or representative of this website and I want to report an incorrect warning about this website"
My one word might not be enough to unblock Nexus Forums from this but if an admin of the site submitted a report I think it would be much more successful to unblock the Forums so they are usable again to others like me that have SmartScreen active.
There is an option on the Warning that states:
"Disregard and continue (not recommended)"
However that only works to view the page there is something about this block that prevents me from posting anything after I get to the page. As soon as I click post or attempt to enter chat it blocks me once more then kicks me back to the previous page when I click proceed.
If someone can get an admin or moderator to see this then I would be grateful because as it stands SmartScreen is blocking me from anything since communications is built into the forums framework.
I just wanted to bring this to the site admins or moderators attention so this can hopefully be resolved.
Thank you for your time,
JetSteele
im mcluvin the being blocked because the manual donld is unsafe. cant get a thing to to download at all.
Thanks,
~D
Where are you all living that you not just get 40+ MB, but GB? If I'm lucky I get 300 KB/s, rarely 400...
I highly doubt you have that fast a connection unless you're currently sat in a Google or NSA data centre.
I'm happy to be proven wrong, though. Even a test from http://www.speedtest.net/ would show us something. Naturally it wouldn't be able to show a full 60Gbit connection, but it'd probably be able to show us if you're even on a Gigabit connection, for example.
I don't think you're a liar, mind. I just think you might be slightly confused. Case-in-point; the Netgear Nighthawk X6 isn't anywhere near high-end enough to handle 60Gbit of traffic. Indeed, it can only handle a maximum of 4Gbit over LAN and 3.2Gbit over wireless. And that's local network, which is nothing to do with your internet per-se, but essentially, if you had 10Gbit internet, for example, that router could still only serve a maximum of 4Gbit of that to your PC.