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Wreckless · 08-10-2009, 04:51 PM

For the past 3 days at least, mine has been acting up. When I log in, it goes directly to my home page like it does every single time. But we're the status updates of friends of mine are on the page, their's a bunch of writing. Not to mention I can't update my status. I can add friends and look people up and add them in the search engine in the top right corner of the screen, but when I go to update my status, it types it, but instead of being in black writing like the status updates normally are, it's in gray and when I click "Update" to update the status, it doesn't do it and nothing happens.

Today when I logged in, all the writing was off and my regular facebook home page screen was back to normal and came up, but the same problems with the status update occurred, and I couldn't post new status updates whatsoever. Anybody else have this problem, or know what the problem might be? I logged in and out of Facebook, tried restarting my computer. Sometimes it seems to be a problem with the speed of my computer. my laptop runs fast but at times any computer can become slow, for a split second at least. I am running AVG 8.5.392 on my computer currently and I run tests through this program regularly everyday, to check for viruses and spyware. so it's not like I'm unprotected either. I don't think viruses are on my computer, and none have come up on the AVG scanning screen, when it was done scanning for them, but I can not put my finger on what the problem overall seems to be. Help please?? Thanks.

PZelda · 08-10-2009, 06:39 PM

Facebook got hit with a DDOS (Distribute denial-of-service) attack -- it is the same attack that got Twitter and Livejournal a few days ago. Facebook and LJ are fine for the most part, but there are still people who are having trouble with both sites.

I'm sure you're more than just fine - no viruses. Facebook is just being really iffy for you.

catlover79 · 08-10-2009, 06:46 PM

Mine was acting up a couple of days ago, but seems to be OK now.

Scoobiedoo30 · 08-10-2009, 06:49 PM

What do you mean by Distribute denial of Service

PZelda · 08-10-2009, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoobiedoo30

What do you mean by Distribute denial of Service

From Wiki:

A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers.

Here's a story about how Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal and Google were battling the DDOS attack over the weekend - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...ok_google.html

Apparently the attacks were targeted at one person who uses all the affected sites.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html

Wreckless · 08-10-2009, 08:42 PM

^ Yeah I remember that story, about Twitter & Facebook being hacked. That might be the problem. Thanks PZelda

. Hopefully that is the (short term) problem, and it's gone soon enough.

PZelda · 08-10-2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wreckless

^ Yeah I remember that story, about Twitter & Facebook being hacked. That might be the problem. Thanks PZelda

. Hopefully that is the (short term) problem, and it's gone soon enough.

That's the thing that sucks about it all... Ever since Facebook updated their layout in March (I STILL hate it, btw), everybody has had problems out the ass with the site. It never used to be like that before.

So it does not surprise me. I have problems with FB from time to time... Discovered a few months ago that I can't surf FB in Firefox on BOTH the Windows desktop and my Macbook. My Macbook is new, too - four months old.

Blah. So now I have to check FB on Internet Explorer when I'm on Windows, or in Safari when I'm on my Macbook. They're doing a really good job of pissing everybody off.

Soooo if you haven't tried FB in a different browser, try that and see if it works any better for you. When I would surf FB in Firefox, the text on the page would disappear too, and just show "Older Posts." I'd click that and still nothing came up so that sounds like the same problem I had.

browneyes106 · 08-10-2009, 10:19 PM

I just logged onto FB about twenty minutes ago and I haven't had any problems.

Chocoholic · 08-10-2009, 11:52 PM

Mine seems OK now.

comedyfreak · 08-11-2009, 05:56 AM

Mine has been okay.

MickeyMac · 08-11-2009, 05:35 PM

I was having trouble posting earlier, but its working fine now.

MrCleveland · 08-11-2009, 07:10 PM

Mine's working fine.

But...have you ever typed a name that sounds very familiar, wrote a letter to him, and he/she never replied to you...or you had a friend and like Houdini they're gone because he/she disliked you because you did something dumb?

Wreckless · 08-12-2009, 07:57 PM

Mines working now. Had to completely reconfigure my computer though, but that's another matter.

MrCleveland · 08-12-2009, 07:59 PM

Even though Facebook is working for me...I had problems with SO earlier.

dawsongirl · 08-12-2009, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PZelda

From Wiki:

A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a person or people to prevent an Internet site or service from functioning efficiently or at all, temporarily or indefinitely. Perpetrators of DoS attacks typically target sites or services hosted on high-profile web servers such as banks, credit card payment gateways, and even root nameservers.

Here's a story about how Twitter, Facebook, Livejournal and Google were battling the DDOS attack over the weekend - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...ok_google.html

Apparently the attacks were targeted at one person who uses all the affected sites.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10305200-245.html

Would someone just shoot people like this? If they have absolutely nothing better to do that make viruses or attack websites, then they don't need to live.

08-10-2009, 04:51 PM	#1
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Anybody's Facebook Not Working? For the past 3 days at least, mine has been acting up. When I log in, it goes directly to my home page like it does every single time. But we're the status updates of friends of mine are on the page, their's a bunch of writing. Not to mention I can't update my status. I can add friends and look people up and add them in the search engine in the top right corner of the screen, but when I go to update my status, it types it, but instead of being in black writing like the status updates normally are, it's in gray and when I click "Update" to update the status, it doesn't do it and nothing happens. Today when I logged in, all the writing was off and my regular facebook home page screen was back to normal and came up, but the same problems with the status update occurred, and I couldn't post new status updates whatsoever. Anybody else have this problem, or know what the problem might be? I logged in and out of Facebook, tried restarting my computer. Sometimes it seems to be a problem with the speed of my computer. my laptop runs fast but at times any computer can become slow, for a split second at least. I am running AVG 8.5.392 on my computer currently and I run tests through this program regularly everyday, to check for viruses and spyware. so it's not like I'm unprotected either. I don't think viruses are on my computer, and none have come up on the AVG scanning screen, when it was done scanning for them, but I can not put my finger on what the problem overall seems to be. Help please?? Thanks.

08-10-2009, 06:39 PM	#2
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Facebook got hit with a DDOS (Distribute denial-of-service) attack -- it is the same attack that got Twitter and Livejournal a few days ago. Facebook and LJ are fine for the most part, but there are still people who are having trouble with both sites. I'm sure you're more than just fine - no viruses. Facebook is just being really iffy for you.
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08-10-2009, 06:46 PM	#3
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	Mine was acting up a couple of days ago, but seems to be OK now.
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08-10-2009, 06:49 PM	#4
Scoobiedoo30 Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Jun 27, 2002 Location: KENNER, LOUISIANA Posts: 27,654	What do you mean by Distribute denial of Service
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08-11-2009, 05:56 AM	#10
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,058	Mine has been okay.
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08-10-2009, 08:42 PM	#6
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	^ Yeah I remember that story, about Twitter & Facebook being hacked. That might be the problem. Thanks PZelda . Hopefully that is the (short term) problem, and it's gone soon enough.

08-10-2009, 10:19 PM	#8
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,097	I just logged onto FB about twenty minutes ago and I haven't had any problems.

08-10-2009, 11:52 PM	#9
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	Mine seems OK now.

08-11-2009, 05:35 PM	#11
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,004	I was having trouble posting earlier, but its working fine now.

08-11-2009, 07:10 PM	#12
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,222	Mine's working fine. But...have you ever typed a name that sounds very familiar, wrote a letter to him, and he/she never replied to you...or you had a friend and like Houdini they're gone because he/she disliked you because you did something dumb?
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08-12-2009, 07:57 PM	#13
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Mines working now. Had to completely reconfigure my computer though, but that's another matter.

08-12-2009, 07:59 PM	#14
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,222	Even though Facebook is working for me...I had problems with SO earlier.