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RoGeorge:
That link is working normally from my FF/Ubuntu/EU/Romania.

Might be some geofencing for Canada only.

Suspecting this because Canada is heading to dictatorship faster than the rest of the western world.  I've read a week ago that Canada now wants bloggers to register to the government, same as during Ceausescu dictatorship all typewriting machines had to be registered and provide a type sample paper to the state (for just in case a typewriter was used to type something against the Romanian Communist Party).

Try visiting the same links from outside Canada, using a VPN, or TOR (onion network), to see if it's something from your settings, or something specific to Canada.

In case it is not Canada only, then make sure you disabled "protect me against bla bla" in FF settings:

--- Quote ---Security
Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection
Block dangerous and deceptive content
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RoGeorge:

--- Quote from: gnif on October 18, 2023, 09:09:11 am ---As to why I was at the hospital... who would have thought a mosquito bite in Australia could have resulted in this?  :palm::
https://twitter.com/geoffrey_mcrae/status/1714561693492388234

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Ouch!  Not a doctor, but my first thought was that it looks like an allergic reaction.  Usually that's from a bee sting, or a spider bite.  Never seen anything alike from a mosquito.  Did you know for sure it was a mosquito, have you seen it biting?

Anyway, maybe it will go away by itself until tomorrow.  Get well soon!
Gyro:

--- Quote from: gnif on October 18, 2023, 09:09:11 am ---Sorry I was at the hospital when I was alerted to this thread. I just had a closer look and yeah, it's certainly a false positive. VirusTotal shows URLQuery flags the image, no idea why. Pulled and inspected the image, it's clean.

As to why I was at the hospital... who would have thought a mosquito bite in Australia could have resulted in this?  :palm::
https://twitter.com/geoffrey_mcrae/status/1714561693492388234

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Ouch, evil little B***s. Likewise on the recovery!

I've heard rumors of malware code getting inserted into JPGs, but I can't see anything getting squeezed into a little low res PNG.

Thanks.
Whales:
Aside: We have some unique mosquito borne diseases here (in the land of Gnif).  You don't hear about them much as they're not too common.

A family member of mine was incorrectly diagnosed with carpel tunnel and underwent surgery (to no effect).  This led them to instead be diagnosed with a mosquito borne illness and told the only solution was to wait.
Gyro:
Continuing aside: Over here there is an alarming rise in tick borne diseases in Southern England - particularly the New Forest area. Encephalitis virus (TBEV) is the worrying one, flu like symptoms in most people but can be fatal. I think Lyme disease is another one. Advice is to tuck your trousers into your socks when walking.
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