Re: Dictatorship Rules HWC.Com

Wow Dan
very well written
and ah,no
i'am afraid i can't blame any virusus
The moderators put me on suspension ( they didn't appreciate my warped sense
of meddling humour) without letting me know or without warning
so i created another account and posted my thoughts
and apparently this did not go over too well
The Animals on the international forum have been running amuck for years
now...Mattel and their site decided to reel us/them in
and many many objections posts negativity blew up

Gary
"Danno" <ringleader1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qggWe.69590$p_1.57119@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gary,
> Unless you know you did something to piss them off them, I am assuming
this
> is coming as a surprise to you and you don't know why they've blocked you.
> (If you do know why they blocked you, don't bother reading any of this,
> LOL.)
>
> I run a couple of websites and have unfortunately had to display this
> message to some paid members as well. We live in an age where, if you are
> successful, you are fair game for hackers and their ilk. Recently, we went
> through a "denial of service" attack. Many of you who've been on the web a
> while probably know what that is, but for those who don't, I'll explain.
>
> There is an emormous amount of ignorant users on the web. (While this is
not
> news, please understand that I use the term "ignorant" as meaning
> "un-informed" or "unknowing" and not as "unintelligent".) A great many of
> these people on the web have had trojan programs unknowingly installed on
> their machines. On command, these programs will use these infected
computers
> to target a specific website and try to overwhelm its server(s) by opening
> one connection after another. It's kind of like going down a bank of
> payphones at the airport and calling the same number on each phone and, as
> soon as they answer, you leave the phone dangling - line still open - and
> move on to the next phone to call them again. And so on and so on... After
a
> few times, all you get is a busy signal. When you get thousands of
machines
> opening thousands of connections to your servers, all your real customers
> get is a "Page cannot be displayed" error. Not very good for business,
> right?
>
> There is only one way to stop this. Identify the IP addresses that
> repeatedly open connections and block them out. Sometimes, an entire block
> of IP's must be blocked. This is done because a great many IP addresses
are
> "dynamic", meaning, everytime you log into the net, your Internet Service
> Provider (ISP) gives you a different address. AOL has millions of
different
> addresses that their users can be connected through.
>
> What does this mean to you? It means that HWC may have suffered a denial
of
> service attack recently and blocked all IP's, including the one you logged
> in with. So, this means that A) you could have a trojan program that was
> involved in the attack or B) you got connected through a dynamic address
> that was previously used in an attack. If your ISP is dynamic, then you
> should be able to disconnect from the net and reconnect and get a
different
> IP address. If you are still blocked, then A) you could have a trojan
> program that was involved in the attack or B) a whole block of your ISP's
> addresses could be blocked or C) the IP address of one of your ISP's
routers
> could be blocked.
>
> I would suggest you contact them via e-mail and ask them if this is the
> case. What seems like dictatorship to you may be just a case of them
> protecting their business. They may also have a solution or plan that will
> help you to regain access to their site. Make sure, however, that before
you
> contact them you are 100% positive that your machine is not infected with
a
> trojan program.
>
> Sorry for the long-winded explanation. Just trying to offer a less
personal
> reason of why you may have been blocked.
> Thanks,
> ~Dan
>
> "1969GTX" <1969gtx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:XdWdndGWH-6aVbXeRVn-1w@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Well there you go
> > done like dinner
> >
> > Error Login/JoinWelcome, [Logout]
> >
> > We're sorry, but your IP address (69.192.195.44) has been banned by
> > this community. This means that you may not login or register as long as
> > you
> > are online with this IP address.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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