Shareaza

Just allow the IP that gets blocked when the test is run & maybe report it to the blocklist's author.
If they are made aware of false positives they usually remove them with the next update etc.

Well, I have PeerBlock and Shareaza and PeerBlock does not block the connection test, so that is not the issue. You probably have rule banning the address for the server of the shareaza sub-domain in your personal block list. Alternately you might have of file in your system that redirects the sub-domain to an incorrect IP address that really should be blocked and is on the block list. For example, if you previously had one of the fake Shareaza versions installed it might have added the redirect to your system so that trying to get the real Shareaza redirects to their fake site. (Which no longer works since most links no longer use the Shareaza sub-domain but directories in the main sourceforge.net domain.) What exactly does PeerBlock say it is blocking?

Anyway if it is a blocklist issue, open the protection tab in PeerBlock, try doing a connection test in Shareaza, and in PeerBlock right click on the block in the log and and choose allow permanently. If it instead looks like you are being redirected to a fake address, you need to fix that instead.

EDIT: Noticed you actually told what PeerBlock says. Looks like a false redirect. "iWeb Dedicated CL2" apparently is a hosting service that has had a fake eDonkey server on it, hence the block. Probably better not to "allow" it... Needless to say this is not where doing a connection test should take you...

EDIT 2: Although it is possible sourceforge uses their services for people living close to Montreal?

Hello -

I too am having problems with the latest Shareaza and Peerblock and am at a loss as to what to do.

At first I thought my ISP was blocking the default Shareaza port, but changing ports and updating my router's port forwarding to reflect that change made no difference.

After months of issues, I decided to try and figure out the issue as to why none of my BT downloads were working. The Shareaza connection test fails when Peerblock is enabled and HTTP is blocked <-- this used to not be the case.

I have unblocked HTTP and can now connect to Shareaza, but my BT downloads are still either not working at all or are really slow. I'm lucky if I can get more than 1 source for ones that supposedly have hundreds of seeds. Something is up and I'm not sure what to try next. I'm not keen on completely giving up using Peerblock, but I'm wondering if that's the only way I'll get things working again.

Is there a better source of blacklists than the default ones that would be safe and work better with Shareaza?

Any help would be most greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Do you trust Peerblock's address list? Im not.