Quirky Website Content Access Denial

Discussion in 'Software' started by tritonobx, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM.

  1. tritonobx

    tritonobx Staff Sergeant

    Win 7. Using last Win7 supported Edge version, current Firefox ESR version, and current r3dfox browser. Edge and Firefox allow Newsmax to open and display, but clicking any content results in denial of access. No problem accessing Newsmax articles in r3dfox. I've researched and tried practically all the online recommendations and browser settings and tweaks to no avail. The issue arose about two weeks ago, prior to that all browsers displayed the content. No browser extension conflicts have been discovered either. Anyone else dealing with this same or similar quirk?
     
    tritonobx, Aug 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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  2. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    I also run Win 7. Newsmax doesn't work in the latest FF ESR.
    It does work in Brave - the last Windows 7 version so it is unpatched because it no longer supports Win 7. It does not work in Basilisk, a fork of Pale Moon, based on Firefox.

    And that's why I have 3 browsers installed. If I have trouble with a site, I switch to a different browser.
     
    plodr, Aug 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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  3. tritonobx

    tritonobx Staff Sergeant

    Thanks for the tip.
     
    tritonobx, Aug 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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