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Site raided .... - 5/19/2008 10:09:31 PM

Stealth

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We were down for part of today, Monday. Dont know the details other than we got hit.

There is loss of data .. we lost data, meaning postings, that were posted from everyone from sometime on Sat to sometime today .. about two days worth. I dont believe that anything posted on Sunday, 05-18 survived.

If you posted on the weekend, you will likely not find what you posted as it got vaporized in the resoration of the site.

The good news .. the team got it cleaned up, fixed and back on line within 8 hours .. quite a feat, quite a team.

The only detail I have is that " XP Defender " was involved .. anyone that clicked on their pop-ups, probably got a good scare as they overwrite your "desktop" and the " screensaver" ...

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< Message edited by Stealth -- 5/19/2008 10:24:29 PM >

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RE: Site raided .... - 5/20/2008 7:44:12 AM

Patrick

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Im not sure exactly what happened, as several of my sites were involved, but they dont share any specifics. Its not like they were all GM or all Chrysler...or its not like the sites affected were my larger sites, as some of those affected have almost no traffic. there are no common advertisers across those forums, with the exception of the amsoil ads, but those are on all of our sites.

ive been told by the tech folks that it was some sort of software failure that had the banners coded in a certain way, but there were no real specifics.

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RE: Site raided .... - 5/21/2008 10:55:42 AM

cadillac

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It is working fine and hope this site never faces the same problem

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RE: Site raided .... - 5/26/2008 7:50:11 AM

Bootsy

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Joined: 5/17/2008
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I remember this, even though I am new. I tried logging in and kept getting code all over the place. I've witnessed this happening to a few forums I have been a part of. Seems to be back up & running well now.

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RE: Site raided .... - 5/26/2008 9:19:01 AM

rickyd