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Is the Forbidden URL notice a result of hackers?

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No.

You simply don't have the correct credentials to access it.
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me too. although it did let me in through yahoo canada. sometimes it s just server maintainence.
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ive had it alot today
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It means that the webserver returned a status code of 403 - Forbidden. The codes are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http_return...

What it probably means in this case is that some part of Yahoo stopped trusting another which could be something as simple as an expired password.

Unless you have a secure connection (and typically you don't over the web) then it is rare to see this error - you are much more likely to see the more famous 404 - not found return code.

A hacker could cause this but it would be pretty uncommon.

Mark
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I had it a min ago sumone sed it was because Yahoo take a "breather"
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I've started getting it this evening.

I think something must be down.
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i have been getting that too when clicking on new mail from yahoo home page.
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I was advised it could be to do with a virus & to turn it off & start again.

Could this be so???
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i dont know but i keep

getting it on yahoo..

and it really irritates me..=[
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Me too. It is freaking me out.
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I have been getting that trying to sign in to this site
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