DSL Zone UK Hit By Spam/Virus?

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:16:52

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/ appears to have been hit by a serious spam/virus attack. Logged in last evening and there were several 'idiotic' spam posts shown.

Logged in today and the site was down. IDNetters admins take note?

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:21:30

We have several tiers of automated protection against spammers, Q, and we maintain a close manual watch on who's online, blocking access to those from known 'hostile' countries. No-one is bullet-proof, of course, but we think we've got things as watertight as possible. We also do daily backups of the forum should the worst ever happen.

Steve · Mar 15, 2010, 18:21:43

Thanks Q its working now,thought I better vote

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:23:16

I still can't get access

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:25:43

Me neither, Q, are you using OpenDNS, Steve?

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:25:56

Tried via Opera/Chrome and FF, still unavailable, has been all day

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:32:32

As I say, last evening there were approx 10 non sensical posts (total rubbish) on the board with just one solitary negative reply. Could be nothing but suspicious.

DorsetBoy · Mar 15, 2010, 18:34:13

They are blocking Idnet IP's by the look of it.

I just went in via Hide my Ass and it works fine.

They hate the IDnet 10/10 scores with passion.

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:35:03

It's a bit late for support, but I'm trying to find out what's happening, Q, I probably won't get an answer tonight now, though.

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:35:52

The mystery deepens

No problem Rik, it is not urgent, just a mystery

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:36:55

Odd, I got a 404, Dorset...

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 18:39:59

This is what I get.

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DorsetBoy · Mar 15, 2010, 18:42:49

Mine via proxy

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Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:43:22

To me, it looks like the server is down, however Dorset and Steve seem to be contradicting that. Steve may be using OpenDNS, in which case there's a problem with IDNet's nameservers or, possibly, routing. Dorset and I have both used the same proxy site though, with very different results. I wonder if Dorset has a cached result. Just to complicate things further, Down for everyone shows the site as up.

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:45:02

I'm now getting in via proxy...

Simon · Mar 15, 2010, 18:48:35

I can access it via my phone, which is using my home router wireless connection, therefore, IDNet.

DorsetBoy · Mar 15, 2010, 18:49:07

I cleared cache and flushed DNS ,then went in by proxy. Could be a DDos attack or a flakey DNS server.

Not exactly missing much anyway he content is not exactly exciting and the site owners seem to have walked away according to some of the comments made there.

psp83 · Mar 15, 2010, 18:49:57

There server might be having name server problems.

My server had it a few weeks ago, some people could see the site and some couldn't

Glenn · Mar 15, 2010, 18:50:32

Works fine for me

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 18:53:51

I'll contact support in the morning if the problem still exists.

quandam · Mar 15, 2010, 19:06:54

Hold your horses Rik, back up for me now, sorry if I caused a problem for you

Steve · Mar 15, 2010, 19:10:06

Quote from: Rik on Mar 15, 2010, 18:25:43
Me neither, Q, are you using OpenDNS, Steve?

Sorry,yes OpenDNS

psp83 · Mar 15, 2010, 19:14:29

Quote from: Rik on Mar 15, 2010, 18:53:51
I'll contact support in the morning if the problem still exists.

Looks like they are having DNS issues with the server host. Couple refreshes got it working for me then a few more it stopped working. Same problem I had, my neighbour couldn't see my site and he's on BT but my mate also on BT could see my site.

Rik · Mar 15, 2010, 19:15:29

It's a tragic loss.

psp83 · Mar 15, 2010, 19:17:31

first time visiting that site since moving to IDnet from toscali 3yrs ago (Feb 24)