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Suddenly no access to adult or graphic content websites

Hello,

I am suddenly unable to load adult content websites or those with graphic content. I have observed this behaviour after installing the latest macOS Monterey upgrade the day before yesterday.

I have no restrictions set up in my screen time. I have not changed or modified any settings recently as far as I am aware. I can, however, access the websites from my iPhone connected to the same router so I guess it is not a blocking by my internet provider.

I have tried changing my DNS settings but this hasn't helped.

What should I do?

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Posted on Apr 5, 2022 5:23 AM

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KiltedTim

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Posted on Apr 5, 2022 6:09 AM

Hmmm... that would indicate the server is refusing the connection, not your Mac.

Are you using a VPN?

Do you have iCloud private relay turned on?

If the answer to either is yes, turn it off. See if that makes a difference.

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sinepgnol Author

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Apr 9, 2022 5:35 AM in response to sinepgnol

I also have found that when I disconnect the ethernet and WiFi, the problematic websites don't give me the expected "ERR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED" error like other websites do (yahoo.com, apple.com, etc.) when I disconnect the internet.

The problematic websites are still giving me the same "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" error.

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 5:46 AM in response to dialabrain

of course, Safari, Firefox and Chrome

KiltedTim

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Apr 5, 2022 5:55 AM in response to sinepgnol

Are you getting a message that it is blocked? A 404 error? Something else?

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 6:00 AM in response to KiltedTim

I'm getting an "ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED" message whereas when I'm trying to visit a website that doesn't exist, like "nonexistingwebsite.net" I get a different error, "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED".

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 6:34 AM in response to dialabrain

Just tested with a new user account, still not working.

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 9, 2022 5:20 AM in response to sinepgnol

Ok, so eventually it has transpired that what I thought was the problem it's not it. The issue is still persisting even without using the work VPN. So, I am back where I was...

dialabrain

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Apr 5, 2022 6:29 AM in response to sinepgnol

sinepgnol wrote:

I'm not using VPN, but I have tried and then the websites worked.

Are you saying the sites work with a VPN enabled but not if the VPN is disabled?

edit: I see Tim has already gone there.

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 6:38 AM in response to KiltedTim

@P. Phillips : I have Screen Time settings completely turned off, deactivated.

@KiltedTim : But it does WORK from my iPhone, which is connected to the same router, that is, it has the same public IP address.

@dialabrain : yes

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 3:23 PM in response to lllaass

I would prefer not to share such a detailed report for now, maybe there are other steps we can try for now.

However, I found out that this problem only occurs when I'm connected to my work VPN through which, however, I am not routing all my traffic and I only use this connection to connect to a remote shared hard drive. I specify this in my routing tables. When I connect to the VPN, I still have the same IP address than I had before connecting to the VPN, which confirms that I don't route all my traffic therethrough.

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 9, 2022 10:11 AM in response to steve626

What I mean by ""when I disconnect the ethernet and WiFi" is deactivating the ethernet service in macOs network preferences and turning WiFi off. This way my mac has no network or internet access.

The computer is my personal computer configured by me. I didn't have this problem until a couple weeks ago, not exactlysure when it started to happen.

I don't have any anti-virus or firewall configured.

dialabrain

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Apr 5, 2022 6:54 AM in response to sinepgnol

sinepgnol wrote:

@dialabrain: yes, it does

Okay well I'm out of ideas.

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 6:48 AM in response to dialabrain

@dialabrain: yes, it does

sinepgnol Author

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Apr 5, 2022 7:31 AM in response to etresoft

Not that I am aware of. I tried accessing those website in incognito mode with all the extensions turned off (in Safari, Firefox and Chrome).

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