# Is Stumbleupon working?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633 "2009-01-23T14:09:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633/1 "2009-01-23T14:09:06Z")

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I have tried to access Stumbleupon’s site in Firefox, IE and Chrome and all I get is a blank page. I have also tried to use the installed Stumbleupon add on in Firefox with the same result.

Is it down?

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**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633/2 "2009-01-23T14:34:04Z")

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Worked for me right now.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633/3 "2009-01-23T14:46:57Z")

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I’ve got the Firefox toolbar version, and it just worked for me.

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633/4 "2009-01-23T14:54:14Z")

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Hmm…strange. I’d uninstall it and download a new version, but, as I say, the main web page comes up blank. In Firefox, the tab says ‘(GIF Image, 1x1 pixels)’

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**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stumbleupon-working/482633/5 "2009-01-23T15:20:23Z")

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After a bit of searching, I’ve found that the culprit was Kaspersky’s ‘anti banner’ setting. Why it’s allowed me to use Stumbleupon consistently until today, I’ve no idea.