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What I would really like to know is what kind of person/organization chooses Scrapebox as a target ?

You would have thought that if it was someone from the darker side, they would leave it alone ... so that leaves either an extremely immature individual or someone with huge vested interests IMO.
 
You would have thought that if it was someone from the darker side, they would leave it alone ... so that leaves either an extremely immature individual or someone with huge vested interests IMO.

Matt Cutts.
 
it would look good if sweet would give us an update on this thread.
saves people asking questions
 
This is getting quite frustrating, what if these attacks continue for weeks? We just need to be updated whether there's a light in the tunnel at all.
 
This is getting quite frustrating, what if these attacks continue for weeks? We just need to be updated whether there's a light in the tunnel at all.

They won't go on for weeks, its since 6pm on the 25th at GMT+10 that it has been down. That equals 31 hours at this point. You have to think it through. If there is a DDoS then Sweet can't get to the server either, which means they have to contact the data center and wait for them to fix the issue.

Also, if you try and launch scrapebox, it even comes up now and says that the servers are experiencing a DDoS attack that that they hope to have it back up soon.

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Given its a weekend and its been only slightly over a full day, its not been long at all. The data center either has to take the server offline and deploy a software solution, or they have to deploy a hardware solution. (more or less). Either will take a while, a hardware solution might take them getting parts, which may not happen till a real business day their time. Im TOTALLY shooting in the dark here, because I have no eta from sweetfunny, but I have done a little research on DDoS protection/fixes in the past. Its not like flipping a switch.

I realize downtime is no fun, but really, its been 31 hours, and some people are acting like its been days or weeks already with no word from Sweetfunny. Sweetfunny posted just 1 page back in this thread that there was a DDoS and that they are working on it.

I for one would rather them put their full time into fixing it then to post updates here every hour saying, "still working on it". Thats pointless. I get it, people want to use scrapebox, but its been online for 3 years, its not like it came online last week. Its not going anywhere, we just have to be patient.

I'm Not saying this isn't inconvenient for me too, but in the grand scheme of things the servers have been down for a rather short time.

Pingdom:

http://stats.pingdom.com/vz0wm9714wj5/154014/2012/08

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Thanks loopline, hopefully the ScrapeBox userbase will understand it and will be patient. Rest assured, SF is doing everything he can to resolve the issues.
 
My copy just started working hope it doesn't stop. did anyone else go active?
 
Nope, mine doesnt work. Servers are still down, there are brief periods of a few mins that they are up, you just caught a window.
 
Mine also worked for a bit, and then stopped like Loopline said.

It's only been a bit over 24 hours, so I wouldn't get so annoyed. Scrapebox have been online for several years now and it is probably the best tool ever. I doubt they are just going to forget this and run away. Just be patient guys.
 
It activated yesterday for a minute, but I was stupid and turned it off. That was before I knew that the servers where down.
 
It activated yesterday for a minute, but I was stupid and turned it off. That was before I knew that the servers where down.

I've yet to be so lucky, but I'll keep trying. Luckily I do have 3 instances open still across two servers, so it's better than nothing.
 
thanks loopline for your explanation
i'm not getting that ddos message, mine different :(
They won't go on for weeks, its since 6pm on the 25th at GMT+10 that it has been down. That equals 31 hours at this point. You have to think it through. If there is a DDoS then Sweet can't get to the server either, which means they have to contact the data center and wait for them to fix the issue.

Also, if you try and launch scrapebox, it even comes up now and says that the servers are experiencing a DDoS attack that that they hope to have it back up soon.

image.jpg



Given its a weekend and its been only slightly over a full day, its not been long at all. The data center either has to take the server offline and deploy a software solution, or they have to deploy a hardware solution. (more or less). Either will take a while, a hardware solution might take them getting parts, which may not happen till a real business day their time. Im TOTALLY shooting in the dark here, because I have no eta from sweetfunny, but I have done a little research on DDoS protection/fixes in the past. Its not like flipping a switch.

I realize downtime is no fun, but really, its been 31 hours, and some people are acting like its been days or weeks already with no word from Sweetfunny. Sweetfunny posted just 1 page back in this thread that there was a DDoS and that they are working on it.

I for one would rather them put their full time into fixing it then to post updates here every hour saying, "still working on it". Thats pointless. I get it, people want to use scrapebox, but its been online for 3 years, its not like it came online last week. Its not going anywhere, we just have to be patient.

I'm Not saying this isn't inconvenient for me too, but in the grand scheme of things the servers have been down for a rather short time.

Pingdom:

http://stats.pingdom.com/vz0wm9714wj5/154014/2012/08

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I just get a message saying 'unable to access any scrapebox server' ..suuucks
 
Matt knows his stuff, great explanation. I'm sure getting scrapebox back on track is priority one and will be done asap.
 
Still doesn't work damn I just need to delete some duplicate URL's
 
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