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Screenshot with proper file structure, only for the loader usage. @AstroSkipper

The last two days, I have tested Thorium vs. Supermium on my Pentium 4 32-bit system. So far, Thorium works indeed better, more reliable and smoother than Supermium under my hardware conditions. And I assume why. My Thorium version is a special SSE2 variant and adapted to this instruction set. At least, this could be a reason.

Strangely enough, Tampermonkey does not run correctly in Thorium. In my installation, scripts were regularly simply not loaded. So I replaced it with Violentmonkey, which seems to work more reliably in Thorium.

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I'm not sure about the registration 'cause I'm on Avast Premier which I renew every 3 years as it also covers my Android mobile phone beside XP for my family and I. Up until now, I haven't had any issues and it happily accepted the key every time. Even in this very moment, I'm with Avast. I'm not sure about the free version key, though, but if it doesn't work, try posting on the Avast forum or ask the support, I'm sure they're gonna help you.

My main article even offers a Table of Contents at the begining of the first post. In your case, read from the section 9. to 9.3.3! Following the table of contents, the download can be found in the section 11.2.2.. The download package contains a short and a detailed documentation. What else is supposed to be needed? I think nothing. To answer your question whether it is installed or portable, it is more portable than installed. To be more detailed, you have to install a certificate and some registry settings to let the ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu TLS 1.3 3V3 run correctly. All has been sufficiently described. But nothing of it is harmful and can easily be removed if necessary. And that's all I'm going to say about it. Read first, then try it out and only if something doesn't work, I'll be happy to help. However, one thing should be clear, I am not a fan of spoon-feeding.

Thanks for documenting! The file and folder structure which is expected by your app was clear to me from the very first, though. However, the structure of my Thorium installation is different and isn't supposed to be changed.

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And so that everyone has something to laugh about , I am solemnly publishing the result of my Thorium test on my old Windows XP sweetheart:

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The RyanVM forum has been down since early February, so I have decided to provide links to my Windows XP addons and update packs here. I recommend that integration is done with the RyanVM integrator version 1.6.1b2.1 which can be obtained here. It needs to be updated by placing 7za.exe version 16.2 in the plugins\7zip folder, and renaming it 7zdn.exe XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack for Windows XP Post-SP3 This is my update to the update pack created by user_hidden in 2018 with one extra critical update and some enhancements. File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20220212_Home.7z (DropBox) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20220212_Home.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20220212_Home.7z (4Shared) MD5: 95E97EA2FC09D318443AA14E3ED20CE8 SHA-1: 21388005FA71ACA2D254C5AD16D05A148EF31D54 Release date: 12/02/2022 Size: 68.7 MB File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z (DropBox) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829_Pro.7z (4Shared) MD5: B10F3139428A1517B3CAA45CF5002278 SHA1: 200C708A79E393E9DB39F43E35AC37EED59563C5 Release date: 29/08/2021 Size: 68.5 MB XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack for Windows XP Post-SP3 Combined (Spanish) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20231213_ES.7z (DropBox) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20231213_ES.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20231213_ES.7z (4Shared) MD5: 16d754c9e434ae181007b561592d6950 SHA-1: 7a6d66f62f4e2093238fb47df45464f07e20ca12 Release date:13/12/2023 Size: 67.2 MB KB931125 - Root Certificate Update (40,0,2195,0) KB2728973 - Revoked Root Certificates (5,0,2195,0) KB952013 - ICCD Smart Card Driver. The ICCD Smart Card Driver is probably superfluous, because Windows XP ships with a ICCD smart card driver usbiccd.sys. Neither driver is installed untill a smart card device is connected to your PC. KB971286 - WinUSB 2.0 driver. The Winusb coinstaller and driver are included but installation occurs when a WCID compatible device is connected. Rather than require a custom INF file for the device the generic hardware ID WINUSB,USB\MS_COMP_WINUSB is used. In the Found New Hardware wizard there will be the message “this wizard helps you install software for: USBDevice”. Select “Install the software automatically”. If you prefer to use the WMTP driver delete the file wcid.inf in the %SystemRoot%\INF directory and it will be installed automatically. KB4500331 - A remote code execution fix for Remote Desktop Services (critical). The ActiveX version of Flash has been removed from these update packs, because no-one watches videos in IE8. The AppMgmt service has been removed from the Home Edition because this is a Pro version only feature, and the necessary files are missing from the home edition. The security tab in the properties of files and folders has been made available in normal mode for the Home Edition. The Windows Management Instrumentation consol has been added to the Home Edition. I have included an attachment with a list of what has been included. XPSP3 QFE POSReady Updates Addon File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Pro.7z (DropBox) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Pro.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Pro.7z (4Shared) MD5: E2A808A23B9E2C51CB8E4A343A5E33B1 SHA1: BEE57B936E490CB927CF898EEC9E21B2C80DE061 SHA256: 0EF05A702F0EE17A7AC2A607DD174668E1ADE619EE25CE5FADACDD0E3D843FA3 Release date: 20/08/2020 Size: 26.0 MB File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Home.7z (DropBox) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Home.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20200820_Home.7z (4Shared) MD5: C4FA2434DF7500B7BC5EBE20D9F90C60 SHA1: 03B5E74EE32CF3A79C66ECE665E86E1F8921B5C2 SHA256: 6653FC9A81A5AA04D49DF9798BEA551FEAC779A49AE2AE5D45D2663D855715E9 Release date: 20/08/2020 Size: 26.0 MB XPSP3 QFE POSReady Updates Addon Combined (Spanish) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20240101_ESN.7z (BoxDrop) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20240101_ESN.7z (Google Drive) File: XPSP3_QFE_POSReady_Addon_20240101_ESN.7z (4Shared) MD5: 5D9F25C41DB91C97583BDAF65E9F8335 SHA-1: E5F8E43B7BAEF3D75C1309C45EA57C4AA362D60A Build date: 01/01/2024 Size: 34.7 MB Credit must be given to 5ereph for initiating this addon and the time and effort he must have put into it. This addon slipstreams all the POSReady 2009 updates released untill EOL on 09 April 2019 directly into a 32-bit XP SP3 source when used with the XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack. All files are from the SP3QFE branch. An update to the Adobe Flash Player has not been included because no-one plays videos in Internet Explorer 8. Windows Automatic Update will offer a number of obsolete version of gdiplus and the Cumulative Security Update for ActiveX Killbits for Windows XP (KB2900986) when the integrated source is installed. The gdiplus updates I recorded are as follows: KB4473077, KB4462987, KB4458000, KB4039384, KB4015383, KB3178034, KB3065979, KB3035132, KB3029944, KB3013126, KB2957503, KB2834886, KB2659262, KB4463361, KB4022884, KB2412687. This list is probably not exhaustive. They are installed as side by side assemblies in the WinSxS folder. The integrator cannot handle multiple versions of the same module in the WinSxS folder, so it is only possible to integrate the last POSReady 2009 version of gdiplus. Once integration is complete there will be two versions of gdi plus, one from the uppdate pack, and one from this addon. It seems likely that the last POSReady 2009 version of gdiplus is backwards compatible with programs written for previous versions since 2012. Therefore I recommend that you do not install these older versions of gdiplus and disable Automatic Updates. The XPSP3 QFE POSReady Addon and XPSP3 QFE Update Pack can be integrated into the source using the RVM integrator separately or at the same time. If the are integrated seperately the [Obsolete] section of entries_posready.ini will remove security catalogues and registry entries made by the update pack for updates made obsolete by the addon. If integrated at the same time the [ExtraFilesEdits] section of entries_posready.ini will prevent the update pack from installing the registry entries for updates made obsolete by the addon, and the [Obsolete] section will remove the security catalogues. 5ereph’s original XPSP3 QFE POSReady Updates 20180917 disabled the Jet 4.0 database engine. The registry entries for Jet 4.0 have been restored and msjet40.dll and msjetoledb40.dll have been registered in the ActiveX/COm section of the registry. Updates Included: KB2926765 - MS14-027 - Shell Light-weight Utility Library KB2962872 - MS14-037 - IE6 - BrowseWM Player KB2993254 - MS14-062 - Message Queuing* KB2998579 - MS14-063 - Fast FAT File System Driver KB2991963 - MS14-078 - Japanese Input Method Editor KB3020393 - MS15-002 - Microsoft Telnet Server Helper* KB3021674 - MS15-003 - User Environment Group Policy module KB3004361 - MS15-014 - Windows Security Configuration Editor Engine KB3033889 - MS15-020 - WebBrowser Control module KB3033890 - MS15-057 - WMP 9 KB3124275 - MS16-001 - Internet Explorer 6 - Cumulative KB3124624 - MS16-003 - VBScript Scripting Engine v5.7 KB3109560 - MS16-007 - DirectShow Core KB3121918 - MS16-007 - Advanced Windows 32 Base API KB3126587 - MS16-014 - Database Support for Oracle KB3140709 - MS16-025 - Windows Address Book KB3139914 - MS16-032 - Secondary Logon Service DLL KB3139398 - MS16-033 - USB Mass Storage Class driver KB3149090 - MS16-047 - SAM Server DLL KB3161949 - MS16-077 - Web Proxy Auto Discovery KB3170455 - MS16-087 - Print Spooler KB3185911 - MS16-106 - User API Client KB3183431 - MS16-123 - Distributed File System KB3196718 - MS16-130 - OLE Automation KB4012584 - MS17-013 - Microsoft Color Management Module KB4014652 - CVE-2013-6629 - DirectShow KB4014794 - CVE-2013-6629 - DirectShow KB4019276 - Support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 KB4025398 - CVE-2017-8557 - System Information Control KB4025409 - CVE-2017-8563 - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol API KB4025497 - CVE-2017-8463 - Shell Browser UI Library KB4026061 - CVE-2017-8588 - Wordpad MFC Application KB4034775 - CVE-2017-0250 - JET 4.0 Database Engine KB4047211 - CVE-2017-11788 - Content Index Utility DLL KB4052303 - CVE-2017-11885 - IP Router Manager KB4056564 - CVE-2018-0886 - TS Single Sign On Security Package KB4056941 - OpenType/Type 1 font driver KB4089082 - CVE-2018-0881 - ActiveX control for streaming video KB4089175 - CVE-2018-0883 - ZiP Compression Library KB4089453 - CVE-2018-0878 - Windows Remote Assistance KB4089694 - CVE-2017-13077 - Wireless Zero Configuration Service KB4091756 - CVE-2018-0967 - WinSNMP v2.0 Manager API KB4101477 - CVE-2018-0824 - COM Services KB4130957 - CVE-2017-11927 - InfoTech Storage System Library KB4291391 - CVE-2018-8304 - Windows DNS Client API KB4457163 - CVE-2018-8468 - Windows Shell Common DLL KB4458001 - CVE-2018-8332 - Embedded OpenType Font Engine and Font Subsetting DLL KB4458318 - CVE-2018-8419 - Kernel CSA Library KB4459091 - CVE-2018-8419 - Cryptographic and TLS/SSL Security Provider KB4462935 - CVE-2018-8333 - Windows NT SMB Minirdr KB4463103 - CVE-2018-8411 - NT Kernel KB4467689 - CVE-2018-8550 - Remote Procedure Call Runtime KB4467770 - Enables TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in WinHTTP KB4470118 - CVE-2018-8544 - Windows Scripting Host KB4486463 - CVE-2019-0621 - NT Kernel & System KB4486465 - CVE-2019-0703 - Server driver KB4486468 - CVE-2019-0821 - Named Pipe FileSystem Driver KB4486536 - CVE-2019-0683 - Microsoft Authentication Package v1.0 KB4486538 - CVE-2019-0683 - Kerberos Security Package KB4487990 - Cumulative Timezone Update KB4489493 - CVE-2019-0755 - Mailslot driver KB4489973 - CVE-2019-0784 - Microsoft Data Access - ActiveX Data Objects KB4489977 - CVE-2019-0617 - Microsoft (R) Red ISAM KB4490228 - CVE-2019-0765 - User Experience Controls Library KB4490501 - CVE-2019-0759 - Windows Spooler KB4491443 - CVE-2019-0856 - MBT Transport driver KB4493341 - CVE-2019-0601 - Hid Parsing Library KB4493563 - CVE-2019-0842 - Object Linking and Embedding. NT Kernel KB4493790 - CVE-2019-0792 - Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 and 6.0 KB4493793 - CVE-2019-0877 - Microsoft Jet xBASE Isam KB4493794 - CVE-2019-0851 - Microsoft Jet Paradox Isam KB4493795 - CVE-2019-0671 - Microsoft Jet Excel Isam KB4493796 - CVE-2019-0847 - Microsoft Jet Engine Library KB4493797 - CVE-2019-0846 - Microsoft (R) Red ISAM KB4493927 - CVE-2019-0848 - Multi-User Win32 Driver KB4494059 - CVE-2019-0845 - COM Interfaces for Printer Web Pages KB4494528 - Windows Installer KB4495022 - CVE-2019-0802 - Microsoft GDI+ KB4500331 - CVE-2019-0708 - Terminal Server Driver *XP Professional only. Note: 4Shared is blocked in the UK, so UK residents need to use a VPN server in the United States or the Netherlands What is included in XPSP3_QFE_UpdatePack_20210829.rtf

... However, the 360EE variants have proxy settings of their own, different to the ones in Google Chrome/Chromium ... @Anbima : If you opt to use just ProxyMII, then configure your IE8 browser to use this HTTPSProxy just for "Secure:" connections and once this is done (you can exit IE8 now), you can configure 360EE to use that proxy via:

Classic taskbar works in 26120.670 - Dev and 26217.5000 - Canary. 🤞

If you want to have a pure ProxHTTPSProxy, then you can use @cmalex's ProxyMII. Read from the section 8. to 8.4.! In case of ProxyMII, however, there is no starter programme, and therefore the necessary settings in the system proxy of Windows XP have to be done manually by the user. And no additional features like minimising to systray and so on are then available.

Chalkboard is a very old (>10 years) benchmark released by Microsoft for IE10... HWACCEL (notify me if you want this benchmark) is an even older benchmark released by Mozilla ages and ages ago when they started experimenting with DirectX 9 support for Firefox. HWACCEL is great for testing whether layer acceleration is working and I find it useful for checking whether MyPal is functioning correctly (MyPal is now what I consider to be stable and also supports DirectX9 acceleration, but it is far, far slower than Thorium on XP). Chalkboard and HWACCEL are not what I would consider to be benchmarks today, but rather sanity checks to see if the browser is functioning correctly since they are experimental by nature. If Chalkboard is underperforming in Thorium or HWACCEL in MyPal then it's an easy way to know right away.

And since you can set records both upwards and downwards, here is my result from the graphics test on the motion mark website in Thorium on my old machine:

But the results don't change, nearly identical to switching "Use HW acceleration when available": #enable-gpu-rasterization disabled: #enable-gpu-rasterization enabled:

Here is a link to an official website of Avast where is clearly stated that a key for more recent Avast Free Antivirus (including the version 18) is no longer needed: https://www.avast.com/registration-free-antivirus#windows Additionally, a screenshot of this website: Kind regards, AstroSkipper

Notice: twitter.com is now migrated to x.com, so you will need to copy twitter's UAO to x.com

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@dmiranda Sure you get something else not related with carsh427

The last XP-compatible version 18.8.4084.0 of Avast Clear was from end of 2018. All later versions are no longer compatible with Windows XP as, for example, the version you have linked to.

Thanks for the flowers! However, the list is still not complete. There are further security and antimalware programmes targeting Windows XP that still need to be written about. The lack of time alone is the limiting factor, though.

And here's the new continuation of all XP supported security programmes by @AstroSkipper, only the best are wisely chosen by the Guru! https://msfn.org/board/topic/184730-antimalware-firewall-and-other-security-programs-for-windows-xp-working-in-2023-and-hopefully-beyond/

Here's the current list kindly provided and marvellously maintained by @AstroSkipper . https://msfn.org/board/topic/177099-which-antiviruses-are-known-for-a-fact-to-be-working-on-xp-sp3-as-of-2019/page/27/

Tough question, Avast is extremely hard to remove, probably @AstroSkipper has articles, I'm sure he does, look at his profile.

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I ported recently somehow AMD Radeon HD 8750m driver to Windows Vista😄 Photo: https://ibb.co/BzrKYgt

I really don't pay any attention to what is in browsers and not like some of you guys, so I have no idea what is in Iron vs Chrome. What I can say is that the issue with posting or editing a post that contains links is a different issue but still related to this string issue, that thread is here: https://msfn.org/board/topic/185994-cant-edit-my-first-post-in-thread-error-when-posting-links/ I have noticed that the link preview issue is not 100% the fault of the site or the post editor, as it doesn't happen 100% of the time and not with all browsers. But I feel that issues with this site will always happen as IPB being a modern company is keeping up with the times in terms of browser tech, and the users of this forum are generally not.

It's been that way for TWENTY YEARS. Don't for one second think that the "padlock" in that address bar really means anything at all !!! It only ever really did back when ONLY bank sites had that "padlock" !!!

The last possibility appears to be Kaspersky 18: https://support.kaspersky.com/us/common/compatibility/15479

Microsoft VC7.8.9.10.11.12 Runtime Libraries It should be possible to integrate these addons into XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. Registry entries have been included that could block the installation of previous releases of these runtimes by application installers. Two releases are provided with the English release including only the English MFC language resource file. File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Enu.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Enu.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Enu.7z (4Shared) MD5: cbb6ab1aa56b8e12dec310cc32b080a2 SHA-1: 90fc6c30ca19c3c804951328433abd1932668a4f SHA-256: f582d59c2bdba224c49c929e1af8e3580a2e49472ed4158c65409da8bc943f72 Release date: 23/10/2021 Size: 17 MB File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Int.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Int.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC7.9.8.10.11.12_RuntimeLibraries_Addon_Int.7z (4Shared) MD5: e0fb8a49696188e5ec0deb7eead15ada SHA-1: a0d4886f2ab7f12ab054257f85569a519f40d3a5 SHA-256: 20e5fd1495698b86c328216db2d394f1734374e6f738524c04832f0fb833650f Release date: 23/10/2021 Size: 18.6 MB Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable (x86) This package can be uninstalled from the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel. Unfortunately it is not possible re-install it due to the long file names Microsoft have used requiring them to be truncated into the 8.3 format on the Windows installation disk. It should be possible to integrate these addons into XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Eng.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Eng.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Eng.7z (4Shared) MD5: 5C20835CECB7BEF99D41D159FB74619A SHA-1: B664EBE446244355B240AC9BF575C9AFF9716901 SHA-256: 7F8BFD00DD45C44FAC0DC59995680325EF89F708DC53AEEA8D2F1936F1EEDDC5 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.43 MB File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Int.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Int.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC14_Runtime_Libraries_Addon_Int.7z (4Shared) MD5: 86EAB3C655F48BE082B31977505B09F6 SHA-1: 0D15EE93C3777E8FB8EFD2A86D2EFDC4ECEE00A9 SHA-256: DA838CE8D9D60FB0E188CB3CE60906C4CC99423623B4B0CDE3BA3BB9344D9118 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.53 MB File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (4Shared) MD5: 96B1E43519B36A8EB23B44E7030A62D2 SHA-1: 5D38085758DB64FDDD1652DDD0DF1670085FAB5E SHA-256: BB06608BC86FC9A14FFE56AF85C359EA1F078DFD40A464381A45745D5570E428 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 731 KB Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) This package can be uninstalled from the Add/Remove Windows Components control panel. Unfortunately it is not possible re-install it due to the long file names Microsoft have used requiring them to be truncated into the 8.3 format on the Windows installation disk. It should be possible to integrate these addons into XP using the RVM Integrator and into VISTA+ using the WinNT6.x True Integrator. File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Eng.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Eng.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Eng.7z (4Shared) MD5: 4633B4361B210738AEEE7CCE2B2C803D SHA-1: 69C0D88B1C60DDB0DA6A3D35B4F7B07EAC626441 SHA-256: B11EAA83EC2D379E9D49D6D3830CE59A8618859ADB37F2B33B398DFA43B6A7AE Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.54 MB File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Int.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Int.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_VC++_2015-19_Redistributable_Addon_Int.7z (4Shared) MD5: 1663BB442310881DB73697DEB20BFB4F SHA-1: 5EA31B7BAA21B77E5B096399125671F87DE103F4 SHA-256: E33B33C43C91D1A97457EB178661181922CD190FDEC32A03B71E5C44A73AB3B7 Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 4.63 MB File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015-2019_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (DropBox) File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015-2019_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (Google Drive) File: Microsoft_Visual_C++_2015-2019_Minimum_Runtime_Addon.7z (4Shared) MD5: F79049B96DE6D2873BAAF54223A0A4E0 SHA-1: 74C1EAABF28BA436545CAD0B909FF2AA11579581 SHA-256: 647AD9A655CC8E50E8639AADD31827E4B2F6BAC31B6B33A05FCADCBD7273349D Release date: 05/06/2022 Size: 799 KB Note: 4Shared is blocked in the UK, so UK residents need to use a VPN server in the United States