Having Problems with Yahoo Site

[TexasStooge]

I was trying to sign in to Yahoo, but after clicking "sign in", it waits a minute before flashes the ignoramous "Page Cannot Be Displayed" page.

Anyone else having this kind of trouble?

[beachbum_al]

Me too!

[Brent]

Loads for me.

[Janice]

Do a system restore. That corrects everything for me.

[Scott_inVA]

I was trying to sign in to Yahoo, but after clicking "sign in", it waits a minute before flashes the ignoramous "Page Cannot Be Displayed" page.

Anyone else having this kind of trouble?

Sporatic due to a trogen script at Yahoo being used in a large DDoS attack today. Result is many servers block the IPs so you get no where (see my thread; happened to my site)

Scott
Mid-Atlantic WX.com
Lexington, VA

[wxmann_91]

Didn't have the exact same problem but there were some glitches this morning. All is well now.

[O Town]

Unreal. People that do this sort of stuff for kicks just burns my a$$!

[Scott_inVA]

Unreal. People that do this sort of stuff for kicks just burns my a$$!

Yep. They turn 10's of thousands of unsuspecting PCs and unleash the DoS mostly from innocent people who have no idea they are "Zombied". Yet another reason to install AV a Firewall and regularly scan for spyware/ratware. Unfortunately, this recent attack came through script on a Yahoo site...not much one can do about that.

Mid-Atlantic WX.com is back to full chop this morning but I see we're sluggish at the last router so this crap is still out there. You can minimize that by keeping browser cache small (Microsoft defaults 30Meg which is grossly too large).

Just another day in the world of hackers.
Scott
Mid-Atlantic WX.com
Lexington, VA

[Stephanie]

Thanks Scott - I'm glad that your site is alright.

[george_r_1961]

I wonder what kind of contribution these people could make to society if they used their knowledge in a positive manner.

[Janice]

I just think there are too many smart computer kids these days with too much time on their hands and No Supervision.....

[O Town]

I just think there are too many smart computer kids these days with too much time on their hands and No Supervision.....

BINGO!!! Ding, ding, ding.

[george_r_1961]

I just think there are too many smart computer kids these days with too much time on their hands and No Supervision.....

BINGO!!! Ding, ding, ding.

[Scott_inVA]

I just think there are too many smart computer kids these days with too much time on their hands and No Supervision.....

BINGO!!! Ding, ding, ding.

Along with doing the web site I am employed by the Boy Scouts of America.


BINGO!!! Ding, ding, ding! Ka-ching. Scooooooooore!!!!!

Scott

[tomboudreau]

Everyone is so quick to blame kids. We don't know how did this. It could be ANYONE, disgruntled about something, and decided to take it out on as many ppl as they can. I know most of the time, its just some kid doing it...but you need to think anyone with a grudge about something could do it.

*stands off his soapbox* sorry if this rubs ppl the wrong way, but you just can run around blame a "kid" for every problem that occurs on the internet.

[Scott_inVA]

Everyone is so quick to blame kids. We don't know how did this. It could be ANYONE, disgruntled about something, and decided to take it out on as many ppl as they can. I know most of the time, its just some kid doing it...but you need to think anyone with a grudge about something could do it.

*stands off his soapbox* sorry if this rubs ppl the wrong way, but you just can run around blame a "kid" for every problem that occurs on the internet.

As someone who works for the BSA, I'm quick to agree with your point Most kids want leadership and guidance and will do the right thing.

A significant number of Hacker Clubs are organized by males 15-24. Most are *not* in the US but many known HCs are. Huge percentage of DoS, DDoS arrests have been middle class males between these ages. And it is also true every downed server wasn't boinked by the bad guys...things can and do go wrong. The hackers just make it much worse.

Scott