2018/04/28 - 11:28 UTC - Connectivity Issues - DDoS Attack

I don’t know, I’ve been having this Chinese guy, apparently from Microsoft, calling me for years now insisting my computer is the root of all malware in the world. Maybe I should have done as he’d told me and not hung up on him. Maybe I’m to blame for all this…if so I’m really sorry guys.

I am east coast. Coastal NC specifically.

Just google DDoS

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attack in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The flood of incoming messages, connection requests or malformed packets to the target system forces it to slow down or even crash and shut down, thereby denying service to legitimate users or systems.

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Actually MSDOS was far worse than that. It came with a debugger tool which gave full low level access to the OS and the machine essentially allowing the user to do whatever he or she wanted. But that was not uncommon for the OS back on those days when Assembly was the dominant language.

Of course back then it was highly unlikely that the computer would have access to sensitive data like credit card numbers etc. So security was not the big deal it is nowdays.

just remember to send him a ‘screenshot’ of the error messages you are seeing… they love opening attachments from ‘victims’ :slight_smile:

Oh I recall. I remember we used to UUENCODE small utilities and literally TYPE THEM IN by hand on systems we needed them on due to the complete lack of useful networking.

don’t think you had anything to do with this DNS attack laughing :slight_smile:

Still doesn’t seem to be working for me?
Can get to char select, but when trying to enter game it says socket was closed…

i still can’t get on

black screen and it says i’m alpha and was paid omega week ago

Managed to log back in but it glitched away all of my SoE probes -_-

PLEX SALE BIG ONE @CCP

Still cant log in.

PLEX SALE!!! BIG ONE _@_CCP

https://www.rivalhost.com/ddos-protection-ways-protect-ddos-attacks

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i am logged in right now =x
like many ppls said already, restart your launcher or … if you still cant login are you on the suspect list and ya need to wait =w=

info service ccp is very good …any informations since three hours!

i m not a suspect CCP PLEASE can not log on support account even :((

Friendly reminder that restarting your PC will often let you connect again.

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Logout, login, problem solved. Thanks!

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