Jon37 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Many thanks to our webmaster and whoever else was involved, for the work they did to get things back in order, after our forum was hacked yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter gariepy3 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Still working on it... but mostly back to normal.Thanks,Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 peter gariepy3 is my "test" acct btw. Its a legit post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest billybird Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Yes, many thanks! When I pulled up the forum yesterday morning, I thought the U.S. was under siege or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) ...When I pulled up the forum yesterday morning, I thought the U.S. was under siege or something...WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?!Sorry, bad September 11th-related attempt at humor...Thanks Peter and all forum worker-bees for your diligent efforts. Edited September 11, 2013 by stock_steve (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Thank you Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cben09 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I hadda feeling that AACA definately did not have a Syrian army connection,,so i hit the LiLL triangle,,,Good thing we have made mention of hacking and at least know where the "report post" key is,,I assume it is critical,,??,, to get it extinguished with speed??or does this stuff move with the flash of light,,all preprogrammed,,Can you tell how soon after it came in that it got reported,??Without knowing much about computers [like anything at all] other than the start/start button,/ who wouldda thot to push the start button to stop,,Its in your LEFT hand,,,,your Other LEFT,, You guys are our heroes,,I'm now starting on my third glossery of outdated tech terms,,Generational thing ya know,,,Thanks again,,We all appreciate your devotion of time to deal with these un-planned events,,Regards,,,Ben in Maine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry White Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 A big thank you to all who worked to restore the site. FYI in case it helps, earlier this morning I was getting redirected to some coin url? And later on the forum page kept reloading. I dont know if that helps mods to have such data but thought I would share that. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I got a cannot connect notice yesterday morning and saw Peter's note last night - what actually happened to cause the outage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BJM Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That was very strange, the Syrian deal. I wanted to read it, but felt the longer it was on my laptop the worse it could become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 I got a cannot connect notice yesterday morning and saw Peter's note last night - what actually happened to cause the outage?Some Syrian website was incorporated somehow (by hackers) into the AACA forum section. Blown up buildings and cars and other terrorist-oriented stuff were displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Yaros Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Glad to see we are back to discussing cars and not discussing limited targeting, etc.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Thank You Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I've been having trouble posting on the "Post Quick Reply". It acts like I'm trying to get off the page. I have to hit "Go Advanced". Anybody else have that trouble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Log out, then log back in again.Let me know if that doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank29u Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 A big thank you to all who worked to restore the site. FYI in case it helps, earlier this morning I was getting redirected to some coin url? And later on the forum page kept reloading. I dont know if that helps mods to have such data but thought I would share that. Thanks again.The coin url opened for me yesterday, but nothing about Syria.Go Advanced for me showed a blank screen until just now!Great job - THANKS PETER!! frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Romberger Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Thanks Peter.Great job!Dwight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry White Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 All pages keep reloading, but no more coin url. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan at larescorp Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Thank you Peter. I was almost going through old car discussion withdrawals all day yesterday. You got us back up and running in no time. Couldn't have found a better man for the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moskowitz Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Peter really put a lot of effort in getting this resolved. Took the day off of work to address the problem. These are the kinds of things that forum users never really get to see or understand. A lot of effort goes into keeping this site up and running and Peter has been by far the biggest reason that we get to continue to enjoy the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Peter really put a lot of effort in getting this resolved. Took the day off of work to address the problem.............I spoke to Peter myself last night about these issues. As Steve said he spend a long long day trying to rectify the situation. I'd like to add that some folks need to "log out" and "log back in" at times to reset their pc systems. Peter said that he could have done that for ""EVERYONE" 2 days ago, but there might have been some unhappy users.:cool:Really I know a lot of you do not know what your password is, and neither does Peter. I would suggest that you write down your AACA Forum web site password somewhere so you can easily log back in if a web site issue ever happens again.Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Bond Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 ThankYouthankYouTHANK YU - without the forum at luchtime the workday would really be hard to take. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 The coin url opened for me yesterday, but nothing about Syria.Go Advanced for me showed a blank screen until just now!Great job - THANKS PETER!! frankOk, I give, ,,,, what does "coin url" mean ? KUDOS to all the staff but especially Peter for his role, sounds like he went above and beyond for all of us. Thank you Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadetree77 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 All pages keep reloading, but no more coin url. HTH.I'm experiencing this too Henry. I think the coinurl thing is still trying to load in the background causing the pages to reload themselves. As a matter of fact, the coinurl thing still shows itself on my smartphone.Dave, coinurl is a website that we were getting transferred to any time we clicked something here on the forum. It is designed to transfer you to their site, then transfer you back to this one after a pre-determined amount of time. Sort of like a pop-up ad. The forum pages are still re-loading themselves though so it seems to me like the coinurl thing is still at work in the background. It's just moving so fast that it's almost imperceptible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry White Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I logged out and rebooted as advised above and I "think" that cured it for me. I want to see how it acts today though before I declare my problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Henry White Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 And now I am being redirected to coin url again. IDK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BJM Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Peter really put a lot of effort in getting this resolved. Took the day off of work to address the problem. These are the kinds of things that forum users never really get to see or understand. A lot of effort goes into keeping this site up and running and Peter has been by far the biggest reason that we get to continue to enjoy the forums. I would hazard to guess that this website is one of the heaviest used social websites out there not named Facebook or Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gariepy Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I should have the coinurl issues resolved.I'm still addressing some issues but I think I've found the primary issues.BJM - thanks for comparing this forum to facebook/twitter. Not in their league, but its certainly the most popular antique automobile forum on the net. In that I am very proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_steve Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thanks Peter for what I'm sure was quite an intensive session. Forum seems to be working fast & smooth once again. Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Byrd Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Reference post 29. Peter, I don't even CONSIDER using Facebook or Twitter, so that makes this site the top one ! There ! What'cha think about that ? Thanks to you and all the folks that make this part of my small world possible, I check it a lot, and respond occasionally, but just really appreciate and enjoy it. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thank You Peter for all the work you have put in getting the site back up and running. Your work does NOT go unnoticed.Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old car fan Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 All issues on my end are gone.Thanks for the hard work Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I couldn't post at all yesterday.I could navigate but the screen kept jumping and sometimes backing up. I tried to notify Pete but I couldn't post or PM him. It seems to be OK now. Hope you enjoyed your day off from my rants. Bravo, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shadetree77 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 All seems to be fixed on my end as well. I'm no longer experiencing the re-loading pages or the coinurl redirect on my smartphone. The forum is running fast and smooth as Steve said above. I agree with John too. I'm RARELY on Facebook and I don't do Twitter so for me, this IS the most popular social site on the web. Thanks Peter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thanks Peter, working great now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brando & Joanne Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thank you Peter for your hard work and diligence. Fellow webmasters know this is a huge task! Well done on recovering the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Seems back to normal, but I did notice the "like" button for posts is gone. Have we lost it permanently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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