Trouble viewing the vb support forums

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  1. Lee G

    Lee G Regular Member

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    Is anyone else having trouble viewing the vb forums, both com and org
    They were working fine for me yesterday
    I finally sorted out my passwords after they got hacked
    Set up a 72hr test on vb5

    Then last night, I cant get either the com or org to show on any computer
    The strange thing is, the vb5 test, works fine

    This is the message I get
    Oops! Internet Explorer could not connect to www.vbulletin.org
    Oops! Internet Explorer could not connect to www.vbulletin.com

    I only wanted to find out what all the problems are that people are having with vb5 to see if its worth considering as an option for a forum upgrade
     
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    They both work for me.
     
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    And me.
     
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    Lee G Regular Member

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    Thanks for that guys
    Looks like I will have to find a way of contacting their support to find out what the problem is
    They might have had an admin brain fart moment and thought blocking Spain would be a good idea
    Last thing I was looking at was the vb5 bug tracker
     
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    Put a support ticket in, its the only website I cant view and its been bugging me all weekend

    This is the problem I get from any computer here
     

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    I would bet they put some sort of IP block. I had that happen to me at the IPB site. They had a ddos attack and the defenses they put in place were restrictive blocking valid users and would kick in if you viewed pages too fast.
     
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    I agree, it's either that or an outside chance your ISP has a routing issue.
     
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    Im wondering if its something to do with site security
    After they had the sites hacked, it might be some kind of hashed IB security effort
    I had someone trying to hack my vb org account recently. One night there were about eight failed log in attempt emails turn up
    Had to send a screen shot today to show that there is a problem
    Originally I had added the screen shot as an attachment, had to use a free image host so they can see it
    Got asked if I had tried a different browser, to which I replied that and four different computers
    And that I had been playing with a 72hr trial of vb5 without any problem with was located in a sub folder on the vbulletin domain
     
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    It seems more what @AWS said than routing issue.
     

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