Error 403?

My mate is getting this error when he tries to go on any Decerto url... is he banned or something or what?! Message he gets below:

ERROR 403 - Forbidden!

The following error occurred:

You are not permitted to access the requested URL.

Please contact the webmaster with any queries.

pretty sure thats only on the messed up home page

No other links work either for him though:\

no idea then m8

@Murdoch

It happend to my bros laptop thinks its a virus tbh m8

anyone know of any admins that could help?

what makes you think its a virus?

It would be helpful if he posted the URL he was trying to access. I'm not sure what could be causing the problem but test different browsers, try clearing cache and if the problem is still not resolved speak with @Sleyhar . Probably something simple to resolve or ofcourse you could have been put on slow mode.. in that case tell your friend to stop being such a penus.

Thanks for you help, either way he is a 'penus'!

some threads on this website actually come up with Malware and Antivirus information blocking some threads on the website..

this is probably why the website's been down so much over the last week or so. just bare with them.. they're only trying to make the website friendly towards all users

oh ok.. just that i've gone to go on a couple of the threads in the Recruitment section over the last week and received a red screen telling me about Malware and Antivirus and telling me to leave the website.. if this occurs again i'll screen shot it for you

He's spoke to Mellow about it and they're trying to look for a solution, it's happened to random users lately.

@kezmul god knows.. hope they sort it out still

Apparently now he's banned when he's done nothing wrong and only posts in scrim now thread... lol

@kezmul lul wut?! thats stupid man..

Error 403 is unpermitted access, for those saying it's a virus, the virus would be using your computer as another persons means of DDoSing the site (as it requires more than one computer to efficiently do), therefore leading to an automatic ban from the servers in order to prevent it. (http://www.decerto.net/v4/index.php?threads/flame-retardant-return.74129/) Is blocked for me, so it's probably just a site error...

tell me about it mate...

It's blocked for every link that involves the forum so he's 'apparently' been banned.

News & Announcements I believe, or the section along those lines

Just a forum error then, when I click the thread it still 403's

EDIT: Working now it has been bumped

Yeah I get this sometimes.

@Dann thanks for that.. that's exactly what i was talking about with the red error message screen .. i click on numerous threads and it tells me to GTFO the website because of Malware and Antivirus threats.. :/