vbadvaced offline?

[socialteenz]

Loads fine at my end..

[AdrianH]

I have accessed from 4 IP's without a problem, this morning I used 5 different proxy servers again no problem.

Flush your DNS Cache and cookies then try again.

[Mariner1]

Flushed cache etc,still get same error.This is crazy

[AdrianH]

Have you tried via a proxy? The site is definitely working, I even tried vbadvanced.net which immediately redirects to .com.

Hmm, this is odd >> http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.c...vbadvanced.com << this says the site is down BUT if you click the URL on that page it opens the site perfectly for me.

I'll drop another message to Brian and Kevin for you.

(at this moment there are over 150 people online at vbadvanced.)

[BirdOPrey5]

From the early reports it looks like vbadvanced setup some sort of aggressive anti-spam/hack software like ZB Block. In this case I would expect most people to be able to access it but there will be a few who can't because the software believes they are unsafe users- perhaps due to geographic location, IP address being used for malicious purposes in the past, or even an active virus on the system.

vBAdvanced has been notified according to kh99 so that is it. They can decide if they want to block some legit potential customers in the name of safety or not- the fact 100 people can get to the forum without issue won't help the handful that can't.

Using a proxy will be the only hope for affected users if vBAdvanced doesn't disable or white-list these people, but proxies are often blocked by these programs anyway so you will need to find one that works.

I'm not sure what their email address is over there but if you're locked out try emailing "support@" or "brian@" vbadvanced (dot) com and let them know your IP address, MAYBE they can white-list you somehow.

If you know how to run tracert, run: tracert www.vbadvanced.com

And paste the results in the email, if they aren't using something like ZB Block that will be helpful information.

[vbenhancer]

the fun is that if they use such a system and some few guys report their problem here on this site, it means that a lot more people will be blocked randomly... i don't think they need to lock down half of their potential customers just to be sure some spammers do not trash their site... or they are too lazy to install better server-side security fixes...

[doctorsexy]

Well whatever they have installed it hasnt worked... because theres more spam than a corner shop on there...

[New Joe]

Still not working here.
No fake ISP, I'm not a bot, lol

I am not going to use a proxi to get to the site, so they can do what they like, but all this means that I can't log on there for vB Arcade, which I was going to install.

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Originally Posted by vbenhancer

the fun is that if they use such a system and some few guys report their problem here on this site, it means that a lot more people will be blocked randomly... i don't think they need to lock down half of their potential customers just to be sure some spammers do not trash their site... or they are too lazy to install better server-side security fixes...

Great post.

[Tigga]

Thank you to those who let us know about the issue, and my apologies to those who were blocked. As BirdOPrey guessed, I did install ZB Block last week in an attempt to fight spammers. Since it's obviously blocking at least a few people that are not spammers, I've disabled the system so nobody should have any issues accessing the site now.

Originally Posted by vbenhancer

i don't think they need to lock down half of their potential customers just to be sure some spammers do not trash their site... or they are too lazy to install better server-side security fixes...

What would you suggest to stop spammers? We've tried many things over the last few years and none have worked very well. We still use vBstopforumspam along with a few custom tricks such as hidden inputs and blocking registration from the same IPs and e-mail from previously banned members. That takes care of a good bit of spam, but still quite a bit slips through.

[vbenhancer]

...best way to stop spammers is to close the site... rofl

ok, no, i mean with all the tricks used by all the people here, and no situation working properly, over the time, it's simply better to find a way to deroute spammers instead of blocking them...