Distrowatch announced about the blocking of his * and the removal of some publications with a note that they contribute to the spread, create or place of malicious software. An attempt to send an erroneous blocking appeal did not work and led to blocking the account of the creator of the group.
Users who send links to Distrownch publications in other groups, received the blocking of comments on comments on A few days. Attempts to send comments with the word “Distrowatch.com” are blocked . Some users note removal of their old publications that mentioned Distrovel. The situation is also manifested for other sites related to Linux, for example, it is noted removal of publications with links to loading Linux-Distribution Qubes.
Facebook has not yet commented on the reasons for the blocking, probably a failure in the automatic moderation system. As for blocking the group Distrowatch expressed Assumption that the reason could be the publication of a direct reference to the archive with the source code Privoxy-4.0-stable-Src.tar.gz , for which there was False triggering antivirus packages that signal the presence of” Win32/NIMDA “inside the harmful worm.