Can you access Wikipedia from UK or has my DNS gone up the spout...

[GrumpyGregry]

... everything else seems to be working ok

 

[ianrauk]

Working fine

 

[slowmotion]

... everything else seems to be working ok

It's working in Battersea.

 

[Chromatic]

I can

 

[MiK1138]

yup

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Fine in Oldham. Keith Miller is random article of the day and 1980s pop star Colonel Abrams has died.

 

[mjr]

It's working here. Your access must have been blocked by the black helicopters.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

S,C & P can carry on as usual

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Hmmm. tracert output suggests something on my localhost is blocking it. No doubt some piece of security software I'm running has gone bonkers and is blocking it.

Thank you.

 

[User6179]

Hmmm. tracert output suggests something on my localhost is blocking it. No doubt some piece of security software I'm running has gone bonkers and is blocking it.

Thank you.

Malware bytes is blocking wiki on my PC

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Malware bytes is blocking wiki on my PC

I have come to same conclusion, ta.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
www.malwarebytes.org

Update, 28/11/2016 12:57, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Scheduler, Domain Database, 2016.11.26.3, 2016.11.28.4,
Update, 28/11/2016 12:57, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Scheduler, Malware Database, 2016.11.26.9, 2016.11.28.9,
.
.

Detection, 28/11/2016 16:32, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Protection, Malicious Website Protection, IP, 91.198.174.192, www.wikipedia.org, 8, Outbound,
Detection, 28/11/2016 16:32, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Protection, Malicious Website Protection, IP, 91.198.174.192, www.wikipedia.org, 8, Outbound,

 

[User6179]

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
www.malwarebytes.org

Update, 28/11/2016 12:57, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Scheduler, Domain Database, 2016.11.26.3, 2016.11.28.4,
Update, 28/11/2016 12:57, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Scheduler, Malware Database, 2016.11.26.9, 2016.11.28.9,
.
.

Detection, 28/11/2016 16:32, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Protection, Malicious Website Protection, IP, 91.198.174.192, www.wikipedia.org, 8, Outbound,
Detection, 28/11/2016 16:32, SYSTEM, GREGSSURFACEPRO, Protection, Malicious Website Protection, IP, 91.198.174.192, www.wikipedia.org, 8, Outbound,

From some tech website ,

The block you are experiencing is not on the Wikipedia/Wikimedia domain, but rather the 91.198.174.192 IP address which is currently housing a Command and Control (C2) server for the Locky file encrypting ransomware. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is blocking the IP address based on this. Unfortunately, Wikipedia/Wikimedia also makes use of this IP address. Therefore, this IP block may impact use of Wikipedia.

If you wish to circumvent the block, you can add the IP address as an exclusion within Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. For Home users, this can be done as follows:

• Open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
• Click the SETTINGS tab.
• Click Web Exclusions.
• Click Add IP.
• Enter 91.198.174.192 and click OK.
  

Once the Locky C2 server is cleaned up on the 91.198.174.192 IP address, the block will be removed.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

which sort of explains why adding wiki as an unblocked domain doesn't work. I suppose.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

From some tech website ,

The block you are experiencing is not on the Wikipedia/Wikimedia domain, but rather the 91.198.174.192 IP address which is currently housing a Command and Control (C2) server for the Locky file encrypting ransomware. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware is blocking the IP address based on this. Unfortunately, Wikipedia/Wikimedia also makes use of this IP address. Therefore, this IP block may impact use of Wikipedia.

If you wish to circumvent the block, you can add the IP address as an exclusion within Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. For Home users, this can be done as follows:

• Open Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
• Click the SETTINGS tab.
• Click Web Exclusions.
• Click Add IP.
• Enter 91.198.174.192 and click OK.
  

Once the Locky C2 server is cleaned up on the 91.198.174.192 IP address, the block will be removed.

Just got a very similar email from Malwarebytes Tech Support in response to my 'ticket'. All working as intended now.