Downtime today

Reply #28

karinda — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:26:58 GMT

Thanks for the information Todd.

It's helpful to know what's happening and why.

Reply #27

LottoBoner — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:56:51 GMT

Murder Barbie was on a rampage, and decapitated all the network administrators...

Go back to point A...then Proceed to point...Z....

Reply #26

ressuccess — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:23:16 GMT

What was the downtime for? I didn't have any activity until now.

Reply #25

Todd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:46:01 GMT

I guess what I'm trying to say is that many times third party software deletes legitimate software and calls it a trojan . Or, the third party software may be interfering with MSE's ability to detect a problem.

The other problem caused by multiple security packages is that with real-time detection one package can block another from working properly.

I've been running one and only one security package since MSE came out several years ago, and guess how many viruses I've had? Zero. (Knock wo... [ More ]

Reply #24

helpmewin — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:39:03 GMT

Todd, thanks for keeping everything undercontrol

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onlymoney — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:06:25 GMT

thanks for the info. i have essentials on my computer and ran a full scan but it did not find anything, so i re-ran spybot and it deleted the two trojans it found. but i understand about the conflicts, essentials didn't find the two trojans and i had to get rid of them somehow. I don't like using multiple cleaning services but in my experiences essentials doesn't always find what spybot finds. in fact, there were numerous things spybot found which were less malicious than the trojans and cleaned... [ More ]

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Todd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:59:01 GMT

It will save you a lot of trial-and-error later. It's free and the best solution -- can't beat that combination.

Even Mac users need to think about virus protection these days. Hopefully Microsoft will come out with a version of Security Essentials for the Mac.

Reply #21

maximumfun — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:55:46 GMT

Thanks Todd - For an Mac-user who is about to become a PC-user (tough transition - but work requires it) - I am guessing I need this info

Reply #20

Todd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:40:56 GMT

My recommendation for Windows users is to ONLY install Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), and to NOT install other anti-virus/anti-malware/anti-spam software (such as SpyBot, etc.). MSE already takes care of any malicious viruses and spambots, and adding other software only creates conflicts on your computer and really kills performance. (Third party software also tends to delete harmless stuff that can actually make your Internet experience worse.) No need for third party firewalls either

Reply #19

bootleg233 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:36:55 GMT

Thanks Todd for one of the best sites online!!! We understand that there is always someone trying to attack or hack any well knowns and it is good to know that you take a good stand in fighting back for us!! Thanks for the site and all you do here it is appreciated

Reply #18

onlymoney — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:20:18 GMT

i ran spybot last night because my cursor was acting quirky and it found a few normal stuff but 2 trojans that it couldn't erase because of files associated with them ( whatever that means), so i i'm running microsoft essentials full scan now and hope it will pick it up, but if not, i will have to rerun spybot again and hope it will get rid of it this time around. if not, then i will have to do what i did in the past by going online and entering the name of the trojans and figure a way to delete... [ More ]

Reply #17

Todd — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:14:38 GMT

Update - Monday, July 16 @ 1:04 AM Eastern Time

Today our hosting company enlisted the help of a second company to fully solve the DDoS attack issues that were on-going Saturday and Sunday.

LP had good performance Sunday morning and into the early afternoon, but by mid-afternoon the network went offline, presumably because our hosting company was installing the additional networking protection solution. By around 6:30 pm Eastern Time, LP was back online, and going at full speed. It appear... [ More ]

Reply #16

Artist77 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:21:13 GMT

lol Reminds me of the case where Mattel sued some artist for putting Barbie in the blender. The artist won...of course...social commentary.

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hearsetrax — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:20:56 GMT

whine whine whine and not a drop to drink nore crumb of cheese

and I agree ... these people ought to be strung up by thar innards

Reply #14

JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:18:04 GMT

I'm just getting back on now since this morning.These hackers really need to be publicly hung.Here we are in third world countries f*cking with people when we need to be prosecuting chumps who attack the web.This type of thing is more of a threat than anything else.

A sunday afternoon with no LP is ROUGH!..lol

Reply #13

hearsetrax — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 22:31:23 GMT

am sure thars a special place in both heaven,hell and or limbo for those who's seemingly only purpose is to cause trouble

Reply #12

RedStang — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:34:41 GMT

Its gonna get worse as more 3rd world countries become more tech advanced. This attack was probably done by 16yr old kids in the Ukraine . Funny pic Mcginn.

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mcginnin56 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:40:51 GMT

Let Murder Barbie take them all out. (She'll do it as a professional courtesy, no charge.

Reply #10

Todd — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:21:11 GMT

I posted additional info about the downtime via Facebook and Twitter last night, so for everyone who did not see it, I'll repeat here what has been happening.

Yesterday around noon Eastern Time a massive and sophisticated distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS) started that affected not only our hosting company, but several others as well. According to the data center management, it was one of the largest DDoS attacks that has been seen, and proved to be difficult to snuff out.

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karinda — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:39:06 GMT

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PERDUE — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 13:11:18 GMT

You will be receiving my therapy bill!!!!!

I can only go so long without LP and cable tv.

The downtime was brutal to my delicate psyche.

There's no telling what damage the sudden inability to access LP will have on one as delicate as myself.

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MADDOG10 — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:44:24 GMT

Things happen that cannot be controlled sometimes, but as always you've done whatever needs attention..... Thanks.

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karinda — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:02:09 GMT

Thanks for the update. Glad everything is okay.

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hearsetrax — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:48:36 GMT

Indeed Todd is a rare specimen of a die hard coder /webmaster

Thanks don't seem enough at times for all he doez

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pavizlo$ — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 05:32:10 GMT

Great job Todd!

Thanks for all your work and fast response

Reply #3

Rick G — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:38:11 GMT

Thanks, Todd. You do a good job keeping the site up and running. Wish my cable company was as reliable.

Reply #2

Astekblue — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:50:44 GMT

Thanks Todd

I knew it would be back soon

Reply #1

haymaker — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:43:21 GMT

Todd,

Thanks for always working on this,

I know a lotta times your working on it, and we don't know it .

Downtime today

Todd — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:29:37 GMT

Sorry for all the downtime at Lottery Post today.

The data center in which we operate our servers has been experiencing serious network issues, and they are working with the local Internet trunkline providers for the past several hours to get it resolved. Hopefully we'll be back up running soon.

When this kind of thing happens we have to wait along with you for it to be resolved. It is just as frustrating for us as I am sure it is for you when Lottery Post is not working perfectly.

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