Is DU crashing?

[Meldread]

Is it just me or is the DU server crashing? For the last several hours I've been trying to read the boards and each time I try I would get re-directed to the site you go to when you type in a wrong URL. Is this happening to anyone else?

[nostamj]

1. are you using AOL?

I had to switch to an IE browser and now all is fine...

[SoCalDem]

11. AOL has the problem.. I went to IE, as well.... AOK now

:shrug:

[MaineDem]

12. I don't have AOL and I've been having the problem too (nt)

[proud patriot]

2. If you would like an Admin response

please repost this question in Ask The Administration Forum.

:hi:

[nostamj]

6. there's a AtA thread with 7 replies

but no adm response yet... :shrug:

[Kamika]

3. err.. there is no official 'wrong url site'

Sounds like you need ad aware.

You're aware that there is 'no' site you get re directed to, right?

It's spyware and I had it myself..

It would redirect me all the time, page would load normally then *BAM* redirected.

Ad aware or spybot would not find it for me but I checked the windows uninstall menu and checked for some weird programs there, I found my redirecter there and it had the same name as the website it directed me to.


DU is working fine for me

[Catshrink]

4. Not AOL here, but also had a problem

A few minutes ago I couldn't get to the DU home page. I waited a few minutes and obviously now all is okay.... Sure hope we don't have another DOS attack!

[NJCher]

5. something else is happening

I've been trying to paste the HTML for my sig and the message box won't accept it. Not in either browser.

I'm going to re-boot.

Cher

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. Run your anti-virus.

Your browser is being hijacked by something you downloaded (probably w/o even realizing it).

[polmaven]

8. I am using AOL

and everytime I hit the enter key for anything, I get the "Website not responding" message. I hit reload and am taken where I want to go. It is not stopping me from adding posts or anything, it is just very annoying!

[nostamj]

9. if you can run another IE browser....

it fixed the problem for me.

connected via AOHELL, separete IE browser to actually DO anything at DU.

odd that only DU seems affected....

[ConcernedCanuk]

10. Running Mozilla 1.6 here - no problems

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[einniv]

14. Mozilla Firebird browser here

and all well for me too.

[polmaven]

21. I wouldn't know how to

do that or if I can.

[kymar57]

17. exact same thing here n/t

[teach1st]

13. Big Problems here in my corner of Florida

Roadrunner, any browser.

[SeanQuinn]

15. Same ISP [Roadrunner]. No problems.

Odd.

[Lostmessage]

16. I have DSL an it's crashing

It's been doing the same thing for two days on my computer.

[RebelOne]

18. Yep. A problem here, too.

I'm on AOL. But I don't think it's on their end. I also was having the same problem when accessing my bank online to pay bills. Maybe the Internet is crashing.

[RebelOne]

19. Sorry this is a duplicate post.

I'm on AOL. But I don't think it's on their end. I also was having the same problem when accessing my bank online to pay bills. Maybe the Internet is crashing.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. It's not AOL or spyware or viral....it's just a traffic misroute.

Apparently some of us hit a Domain Name Server that came back and said there was no such site.

It happens now and again.

Short lesson: Internet traffic doesn't go by www.whatever.com, it really goes by IP addresses like 12.113.22.1 to direct traffic. When you type in www.something.com a request is sent to a DNS server that reports back that www.something.com is at 12.113.22.1 and directs then your browser sends you to that site.

These DNS servers generally reside in a hierarchy that forwards a request to the next server up the chain if it finds no record of what www.whatever.com is. Sometimes due to glitches the forwarding won't take place and your browser will report back that the site doesn't exist.

There are spoofs and spyware and viruses that will redirect you to the wrong site usually by means of a hosts file on your computer that will say www.yahoo.com or something is actually at different location than it really is., but this is not what occurred here.

[mulsh]

22. yep

I'm on AOL, it's getting annoying.