When you receive error Not Acceptable! “An appropriate representation of the requested resource could not be found on this server. This error was generated by Mod_Security.”
That means you have tried some wrong passwords or tried to reach some url’s which server detected you as attacker. And now your browser have disabled your access.
Try clearing cache and cookies.
For me when i cleared cookies and cache the problem was solved for me. And the url which i couldn’t load before now loading just fine for me. You may try to clear your cookies and cache as well.
Try to load URL from another browser or from Private browsing
If you want to confirm if server have blocked you or your IP. Then you can try loading same URL from another browser and also from private browsing. If things goes fine then clearing cookies and cache can work for you.
How to disable Mod_security through cPanel
Some hosts provide modsecurity option in cPAnel also not all hosts where you can disable the mod_security
in to cPanel, under the Security section, click on ModSecurity
On the next page, you can see the list of domains and on/off status. ModSecurity will be ON by default for all your sites. Click on OFF button to disable ModSecurity
Disable mod_security using .htaccess on apache server
Mod_security can be easily disabled with the help of .htaccess. Here’s the code that you will need to add to turn it off:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
Warning: We strongly recommend that you enable ModSecurity™ for all of your domains. Only disable ModSecurity while you troubleshoot ModSecurity-related problems.
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