Are
you seeing a graphic that looks like this in positions
where disc artwork or menu captures should be? If so,
here are the reasons why
and
how to fix the problem...
Protected
Images
Some
of the images upon the High Fidelity Review web site are
protected to prevent “bandwidth leeching”. This
is the term given to an unlawful Internet practice, where
web site operators ‘steal’ images from external
sites by pulling them directly from that site. When this
occurs, not only is the image used without permission, but
the operator of the original site also has to pay bandwidth
charges, as his/her web server is still delivering the image.
For high-traffic sites, the largest operating expense is
the bandwidth charge, so protective measures are often a
necessity.
Referrer
Information
At
High Fidelity Review, before certain images are delivered
to your browser, our server checks for an allowed referrer
domain. In our case, that domain is highfidelityreview.com
(or one of our sub-domains), and if that is the referrer
presented by your browser, the image will be delivered. However,
if the referrer is not on the ‘allowed list’,
westealbandwidth.com for example, then the image will be
blocked and you will see a small notification graphic containing
our copyright notice, such as the one at the top of this
page.
Blank
Referrers and Personal Firewalls
High
Fidelity Review also blocks images when no referrer information
is presented, which can occur when one is running a personal
firewall such as Norton Internet Security. Norton Internet
Security deliberately blocks referrer information to prevent
unscrupulous web sites from collecting information about
the user’s surfing habits.
However, High Fidelity Review does not collect browser information
of any kind beyond our general usage logs, so it is safe to allow
your referrer information to be sent to us. This can be achieved
in one of two ways:
Norton
Internet Security
If
you are running Norton Internet Security and are seeing the
yellow exclamation icon (above), there are two methods of
displaying those protected images:
1:
Temporarily
disable Norton Internet Security, although this is
not recommended as you may forget to turn it
back on.
2:
Add
smr-group.net – our ‘mother ship’ from
where protected images are served – to your ‘trusted’ sites
list. The instructions to do so are as follows.
Norton
Internet Security Trusted Sites
Open
Norton Internet Security by clicking the tray icon or via
the program menu.
Select ‘Internet Security’ from
the ‘Options’ menu
at the top of the screen.
From the first menu, press the ‘Advanced
Options…’ button,
alongside the text ‘Click to configure options for more
experienced users’.
The next window is divided into two halves. Make sure the ‘Web’ tab
is selected, then press the ‘Add Site’ button,
located to the left of the window.
Enter ‘www.smr-group.net’ (without the quotes)
as in the example above, then click the ‘OK’ button.
You will then be returned to the previous window.
Highlight ‘www.smr-group.net’ in
the left-hand list of sites and select the ‘Privacy’ tab
on the right-hand side of the window.
Check the box alongside ‘Use these rules for
www.smr-group.net’.
In the ‘Browsing Privacy’ section, change the ‘Referer’ option
from ‘Block’ (the default) to ‘Permit’.
No other security settings need be changed.
Click ‘Apply’ followed by ‘OK’ (twice),
then exit the program.
All High Fidelity Review images and the protected images on
other SMR Group web sites will now be displayed correctly,
although you may have to refresh the applicable page.