Help the VGCharts community out!

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StarcraftManiac said:

Ok guys, listen up! There seems to be a (number) of problem(s) with the site!

It looks like we (as an online-community) are being attacked!

I don't know who/what/where it's all happening but everything that i've seen suggests that it is targeted mostly towards AoA (ArtsofAngels)... A respected member of this online-community.

 

Things that i've notices:

1) Since that the mods banned this guy he's been spamming people's profiles.

2) The site runs VERY slowly (+- 30 seconds to refresh a page).

3) I get really strange pop-ups. (Advise: Put your pop-up blocker on, firewall on, etc...)

4) A few hours ago, when i went to www.vgcharts.com It said that it didn't exist. Instead of this site, it opened a domain-registration site. On which i could purchase the rights for this site, so somehow, someone or some guys are taking down this site.

5) Some members that have their e-mail notated in their profile have been getting a lot of spam mails from an unknown source...

 

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My conclusion: Someone, or some guys are attacking this site.

Maybe it's just a computergeek who's trying to take this site down... I don't know!

 

But everyone who has some intelligence in computers, savety of protecting personal data etc... Please post here and give your advise so that all the members can take precausive actions! 

 

Thanks for reading and contributing. Please make sure this stays a well-respected site, StarcraftManiac! 

Thumbs up for starting up an initiative like this, StarcraftManiac, but to be honest, I haven't had any problems with the site itself. It doesn't take longer than usual to load (at least I don't think so, coz I'm typing this from a laptop which appears to be quite slow by itself), I don't get any pop-ups, and I haven't seen the domain screen though I've been repeatedly going on and off the site today... I did notice lots of deleted (banned) posts though, and of course I read about ArtofAngels' problems, so some people are indeed causing havoc, it just doesn't seem to have gotten to the site itself... anyway, good luck to every brave soul who tries to fight off these people!