Changing Firewall Settings to Avoid 403 Errors

This page details the firewall changes needed to allow browser referer header information. This is necessary to allow MP3 downloads on this site. The only information sent to the website when the firewall settings changes are made is the URL of the current page when you click a link for a new page or file. This website needs this information so it knows you are downloading from this site and not from some other website. If you are concerned about the changes you can make them temporarily while using this site and then set them back afterwards.

This guide obviously cannot include every product. We have included the versions of popular products that are available to us. If you are using a different version of these products the appropriate settings may be in different places. If you have a different version or even a different product, please send me screenshots and instructions so I can include it on this page.

ZoneAlarm Pro 6.1

Note that these instructions only apply to ZoneAlarm Pro. The standard (free) version does not include the offending options so does not affect the use of this website.

Double-click the ZoneAlarm Pro icon by the clock to open it.

Choose "Privacy" then "Main". and check the "Cookie Control" setting. There are two alternative options. The quick way is to set Cookie Control to "Off" while using this website. If you don't want to do that, click the "Custom" button, click the "Cookies" tab then untick the "Remove private header information" box.

Norton Internet Security 2003

Double-click the Norton globe icom by the clock to open Norton Internet Security.

Click "Privacy Control". There are two alternative options. The quickest is to click "Turn Off", to disable the Privacy Control feature. If you don't want to do this, click "Configure" then "Custom Level" and untick "Enable Browser Privacy".

McAfee Internet Security Suite 2004 (Ver 6.0)

This product appears to work correctly with the default settings. However if you have problems you can try the following changes.

Double-click the McAfee icon by the clock to open it.

Click "Privacy Service" then click "Re-run the Configuration Assistant". On the first page just click "Next". On the next page untick "Block Web site referral information". Then click "Next" on each page to complete the process.

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