Blacklisting, imported fonts. Two questions....

[Airspeed]

I've had another day of this, and have discovered that the IP quoted in the red message is NOT my IP.
They quote 112.213.223.39
Is this the same address that other Members are shown?
As the address finishes with ".39", I'm guessing that it is either the 39th work station attached to a modem, or it is totally false.

Yesterday, I did the cmd sequence of ipconfig/release followed by ipconfig/renew This, according to info. on the net, resets your IP address, but it did not stop me being blacklisted, again with that 112.213 etc number.

I checked my list of fonts yesterday, and found some icons showed unrecognised letters, being Thai, Arabic, etc. When I click on them, the "Quick brown fox....." pops up in the usual English-speaking letters.
One such is Andalus Regular, for which the file name is andlso_0.ttf
Another file is batang.ttc
In Windows, there's a facility to delete unwanted fonts, but like many others have apparently experienced, I get a message cannot delete, file in use.
The advice on the net is to use cmd, go to the fonts directory, and delete from there. Tried this, but got Access Denied response.
Please does anyone else have these fonts, are you able to delete them, and have you been blacklisted?
Thanks, any replies appreciated.

[TSR2]

Hi Mike, can you post a full screenshot of the blacklist error you get please.

Not sure about the fonts as I’ve never bothered deleting one, they don’t usually take up much space / cause a problem.

[simondix]

I have been blacklisted several times. I just wait a day or so and it seems to remedy itself. I would also like to point out it only seems to happen on this site.

[Airspeed]

Hi Ben,
Next time it happens, I'll do a screen shot.
I've done them before, but I deleted them all off my disc recently.

By using "Run as Administrator", I've been able to delete several fonts, but not Batang
That Batang ttc file is 16,264,732kb by the way. (ttc is a collection, rather than a single ttf)
According to the file details, it's intended for Korea.

Hi Simon,
Only ever happens in the Forum for me, too. I can even use the PM system without trouble while the Forum blacklist is in force.
Turning the modem off for half an hour resets your IP, so unless you cop the same address when you switch on again, it supposedly fixes the problem, but I am not 100% on this.

Would appreciate anyone who has been blacklisted, checking their Windows/Fonts directory to see if they have Batang listed.
For comparison, anyone never blacklisted please check the same, Thanks.

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[Tomliner]

I also seem to recall being blacklisted awhile back although when I tried sometime later I got in ok. Can’t recall when this was but as I use my iPad the majority of the time it would probably have been via Safari which uses Bing. Not sure if this is if any relevance. EricT

[Archer]

I did a quick lookup and the IP address you mentioned is shown as a fixed line in Victoria, AU, from Southern Phone Corporation. Is it possible that you are seeing a different IP because your modem/router creates a different, internal network that your system is connected to? You have one fixed IP address linked to your physical connection to the internet, but internally, modems create a sub-network that the different computers/tablets/phones link to. If you want to check which IP address is associated with your modem, you may need to login on the modem itself.

ipconfig /renew only refreshes the computer's IP adress within the network it is attached to, so only on the sub-network within your home.

[TSR2]

There’s different types of blacklist and that’s why I’m looking for a screenshot. One is on IP address, another is where certain browser plug-ins make the server think you’re clicking on the submit button multiple times. It will have nothing to do with fonts and you really shouldn’t delete them unless you have a very good reason.

[Airspeed]

Thanks Archer and Ben,
Southern Phone is my provider, so your information would be spot on. I had no idea that there are levels of addresses.

My only reason for doubting the font, Ben, is that I have no reason to use a Korean font, and I wonder if it's been installed on my system so that Koreans can hijack and use my connection, leading to these blacklist events.
I have no doubt of your need to see the screen shot, and I will supply one as soon as it becomes available.

[cstorey]

For information , I have never been blacklisted - although I am not a prolific poster now - and I do NOT have batang in my fonts for W10 loaded just about 12 months ago

[Airspeed]

For information , I have never been blacklisted - although I am not a prolific poster now - and I do NOT have batang in my fonts for W10 loaded just about 12 months ago

Thanks Chris.