# Why is ScamBlocker denying access to MSN? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 1, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scamblocker-denying-access-to-msn/410105 "2007-07-01T05:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2007, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scamblocker-denying-access-to-msn/410105/1 "2007-07-01T05:42:41Z")
It started 2 days ago. When I sign out of my hotmail account I’m no longer taken to [msn.com](http://msn.com) as per usual. Instead Earthlink takes over and brings me to a page that claims “the site you are attempting to load is on our list of known scams”. So, essentially, I can’t sign out of my email account. I can still go about my business surfing the net and I haven’t been bothered about any other pages but I don’t like the idea of my hotmail account remaing open. I have never requested or downloaded either Scamblocker or the earthlink toolbar. My OS is win2000 which doesn’t support the toolbar. I tried several times to resolve the problem through the earthlink online tech support chat but it seems the boys in Bombay have no idea how to fix a problem if it isn’t in their scripted material. Any ideas about what I can do to stop earthlink from hijacking my browser? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scamblocker-denying-access-to-msn/410105/2 "2007-07-02T14:44:10Z")
Bump. Maybe monday is a better time for this post.