Title: Firewall Blocking Website Access
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Firewall Blocking Website Access

 *  Resolved [thebuttercupbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebuttercupbaker/)
 * (@thebuttercupbaker)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/)
 * My friend has messaged me this morning to say her firewall is blocking my website
   and we don’t know why. It comes up with a message saying the reason it’s blocked
   is “promoted through spam techniques”.
 * I’ve checked whether I can access my website through Google Chrome instead of
   Firefox but there are no problems for me. I’ve also done a virus check on the
   website and it came up with nothing.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  [petercralen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petercralen/)
 * (@petercralen)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687353)
 * Can you post link to your site?
 *  Thread Starter [thebuttercupbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebuttercupbaker/)
 * (@thebuttercupbaker)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687358)
 * Oops, sorry!!
 * [http://www.glutenfreebournemouth.com](http://www.glutenfreebournemouth.com)
 *  [petercralen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petercralen/)
 * (@petercralen)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687387)
 * I checked your website in Safari, Chrome and Firefox and it works well. So probably
   issue is related to settings of firewall in your friend’s computer, not with 
   your site.
    **Tip**: if you link anywhere to your website, dont use www. for 
   your domain, bc. you are not using it. You will avoid unnecessary redirection.
 * If you use Google webmaster tool, check your site there, it will show you if 
   there is any issue.
    If you don’t use it, try it, it can help you to find some
   issues on website, if exist.
 * Btw. nice simple theme.
 *  Thread Starter [thebuttercupbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebuttercupbaker/)
 * (@thebuttercupbaker)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687397)
 * Thanks Peter, I appreciate it. And thanks for the compliment. :0)
 *  [martcol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hotmale/)
 * (@hotmale)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687398)
 * No problems for me either.
 *  Thread Starter [thebuttercupbaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thebuttercupbaker/)
 * (@thebuttercupbaker)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687399)
 * Okay, thanks both. I’ll shut this topic down!

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 * [firewall](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/firewall/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/firewall-blocking-website-access/#post-5687399)
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