its due to ftp download.com is providing ftp downloads wich u cant block on trasparent proxy < squid is a http proxy > use frox for ftp On 3/9/06, ammads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ammads@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > i used > acl software url_pathregex -i \.exe?$ > > http_access deny software > > > it is working proprely and blocking exe from all websites. but getting > problem , that any one can download softwares from http://www.download.com > i want to block downloading but dont want to block websites > > > -- Syed Kashif Ali Bukhari +92-300-4295604 Network Engineer Beaconhouse IT Services, Lahore Pakistan