Sidki webpage filter blocks downloads

[Mele20]

I cannot download at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...layLang=en on Vista Ultimate unless I bypass Proxo's webpage filters.I don't often use IE. Fx is my default browser but I can't download WGA on Fx unless I install a plugin and I don't want to do that. So, I used IE7 and I could not even see the information bar. Proxo blocks it. So, I just turned off the information bar in IE settings. I still could not get a download box there until I unchecked webpage filters.

I don't think Proxo should interfere with the information bar or if you want to turn it off, then Proxo certainly should allow the download box to appear! I don't want to have to remember to uncheck webpage filters anytime I want to download something using IE. It is not just Microsoft Download Center where Proxo is interfering with downloads but anywhere. I don't know how long this has been a problem as I usually use Fx for downloading but not at Microsoft sometimes and not at a few other sites.

This is a Sidki filter problem. I have not been able to get the information bar on IE6 on XP Pro for a long time and I bet it happened when I installed Sidki's Sept 2007 filters on that computer! I can't download on IE6 either. Never thought about it being a Proxo problem until now.

Yep. All this time on IE6 with no information bar. I asked at dslreports Microsoft Help forum and Microsoft IE Newsgroup why the information bar disappeared and when I disabled it why I still couldn't download at all on IE 6 (never got a download box) and all this time it is Sidki's filters as they block the information bar from appearing and when it is disabled they block a download box from appearing. I guess I am stupid for not thinking it might be the Proxo filters but I never did. On that computer with IE6, I have Sidki's filters going way back. I tried each and I could not get an information bar to appear (using the url I posted in the beginning of this thread for the test) until I went all the way back to the June 9, 2005 filters. If IE was my default browser I would have pursued this more intensely much sooner and found out the problem but I don't use IE much - and when I do usually just for browsing.

I also tried Proxo default filters and those do NOT block the information bar or if it is turned off they do not block getting a download box.

Does anyone know exactly which webpage filter from Sidki blocks the information bar, or download box, on all versions of IE on XP and Vista?