It has been down a lot all week and this is a very critical time for getting out the word on protest and petition.
Why is this happening? Trolls attacking the site? Server trouble? WHAT?
Posted by trails (Member # 1620) on :
very good question!
Posted by Ladylee210 (Member # 9945) on :
yeah I'm haveing trouble to. Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
I'm getting suspicious. LDA site and petition often down too. (If indeed someone's messing with the site, this needs to be publicized by other means to get even more people to show up on Nov. 30!)
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
I couldn't get on ealier and its been on & off again all week.
I contacted a moderator & he told me there a wide spread problem in the northeast.
Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :
Hmmmm, any posters in the NE having trouble accessing other sites?
Posted by ma (Member # 10055) on :
This is the only site I've had trouble with. It seems to be down most of the day. The last time I was able to not get an error message was 8am today, until just now. ~Ma
Posted by northstar (Member # 7911) on :
I am in mid-Atlantic.
I have not been able to get on when everyone else here is having the same problem.
I check other websites, both lyme and non-lyme, and this website is the only one that stalls.
Northstar
Posted by JillF (Member # 5553) on :
I'm NE
No problems at all but Lymenet (lyme-related, news related, gaming related, personal blogs, etc)
Never had any problems with any sites ever, like I've had with Lymenet the past few days
Posted by timaca (Member # 6911) on :
I'm SW...I've only had trouble acessing lymenet. A friend of mine who wanted to sign the petition (LDA) could not access it either.
HMMMM...
Timaca
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
Northeast - very frequent problems with lymenet and petition site. NO problems with any other sites.
Posted by tothepoorhouse (Member # 8595) on :
Ok, let's not get paranoid here.
I wish someone from the site would tell us the problem. I experience it too.
Sometimes, it just a site hosting problem. Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Lou B told me that their expert, TOM/TECHNICIAN, had a handle on this stated above!
Funny that it coincides with everything going on Dr. Jones/fundraising/ lyme petitions, etc. Bettyg Posted by TNJanet (Member # 10031) on :
I have been getting a bit paranoid about the site being inaccessible. The LDA site was also down. With all that is going on and all the news I am so anxious to read about, I have been having withdrawal pains.
Oh, and I live in the SE, in SE TN!
Janet
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
May I suggest?
Copy the Protest web site address down so you have it. Also get what you need from it now.. and check back for updates.
With LymeNet being trashed by the boneheads.. and communications ruffled a bit.. you may need the info later and not be able to get to it.
Posted by luvs2ride (Member # 8090) on :
Just this morning while posting here, my antivirus alerted me it had stopped a worm attack. I wondered about this website which has been troublesome this week.
Luvs
Posted by klutzo (Member # 5701) on :
I could not get on here for two whole days, and I live in Florida, hardly the Northeast.
Klutzo
Posted by charlie (Member # 25) on :
It's not regional....it hasn't worked in Texas either...
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
I'm in GA and have had lots of trouble w/ this site for days. No others mind you, just this one.
Posted by Areneli (Member # 6740) on :
Perhaps we need something on the top of this website; such as Activism mailing list.
You could imagine that hacker attack on this website in a very fragile moment could destroy our efforts.
Posted by micul (Member # 6314) on :
This might be a good time to make sure that all your important files are copied to a CD or DVD. If there is a new worm or virus on this site, you could loose everything. This happened to me about a year ago, and I lost so much irreplaceable info! I kept putting it off, and putting it off, and then it was too late.
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
If these suspicions can be confirmed, the word should get out on email lists. Might make people realize that this IS a war on patients, and encourage more people to come to the rally.
Posted by stella marie (Member # 7216) on :
Well I was just alerted by my antivirus software there was an attempted worm intrusion while on this site.
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
As the rally flyer says, it's time for patients to FIGHT BACK.
Memo to whoever is messing with this site:
You've just motivated me to work 10 times harder to get more people to come to this rally. And I know I'm not alone.
I'm also going to work 10 times harder to get more signatures for the petition.
Copy info NOW from the rally website: www.lymenews.org Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
quote: there was an attempted worm intrusion
Ha, I know one WORM who will no longer be allowed to INTRUDE upon our health care rights!
Let's see him squirm on Nov. 30.
Posted by wiserforit (Member # 9732) on :
lou,
thanks for saying something! thought I was banned from the site somehow...
I couldn't get online for 3 days straight! It happened again this morning too. I tried to email lymenet webmaster and couldn't get mail to them either. hmmmmm....
wiserforit
Posted by AliG (Member # 9734) on :
Glad to know It wasn't just me. I've run scans, deleted cookies, rebooted and nothing's worked.
Those who got worm warnings, could you PM me the name of the AV software you're using? I haven't gotten any messages from mine. I'm wondering if the worm could have gotten by it. Posted by meg (Member # 22) on :
I never thought it could be someone messing with the site, but maybe problems with the system.
Wonder where Lou B. is??
Posted by ldfighter (Member # 9405) on :
One reason I'm suspicious is that when LymeNet is down, the LDA petition site has also been frequently down at the same time - *even while the rest of the LDA site is often working just fine*.
Why would that be?
Posted by Mo (Member # 2863) on :
it's often the most obvious reason that is the truth.
it's not a wide-spread problem in the northeast.
it's lymenet and the LDA petition site, simultaneously down, numerous times ..
NOW, precicely when we need the action(s) taking place.
take this very seriously, copy ALL action alerts and use the down time to circulate the information on the petition, on Blumenthols response to the guidelines, and on the RALLY to your communities, your addressbooks, your local papers, ect.
you can gather names and info of people who WANT to sign the petition, save it on a list to either enter into the website at times it is up, or to fax to an LDA support group leader to get the names entered that way.
take increased independent action, and keep these alerts active on all other sites and lists as well.
we will not go away, even if the main hubs are hacked.
mo
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
Lou B will be back online 11-20.
Contact Tom if you are lucky enough to have his email; I don't!
Or email Jenifer or Toby; go to top of forum you are in and look for moderator's name. Click on one of them, and you'll get their profile. You can send a PM on the right side of profile.
It would really be nice for them to post a FEATURE at the top of each forum when we are having continuous problems of lymenet being down. Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
I contacted jenifer and she says they are working on it and don't know why it is happening. But I am pretty sure that I do. And if camp a is doing this, it is certainly a sign of what sleezeballs they are. Of course, we already knew that. They are not troubled by injury and death among lyme patients from their actions, why would they worry about a little computer hacking. And they have the money and connections to get this done.
[ 19. November 2006, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: lou ]
Posted by Vermont_Lymie (Member # 9780) on :
If there is any way to document WHERE the site trouble is coming from -- what computer (and who) may be causing the trouble with this site and the LDA petition (which I have experienced too all the last week, though no problem with any other site) -- that would be SOME article to write and smoking gun!
Posted by minimonkey (Member # 8693) on :
ooooh, that chaps my hide! I haven't gotten any warnings from my antivirus, which now makes me nervous....
Pretty sad when our foes need to resort to such below-the-belt tactics -- and it wouldn't be the first time, if it *was* traced back....
Posted by Mo (Member # 2863) on :
i'm pretty sure the lymenet computer pros should be able to detect the origin of any hacking attempts. the community sure could use such a smoking gun. it would be something to have that info.
it's interesting that the site is working better now, post-stink that was made.
mo
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
People have been caught and sent to jail for hacking. Computer sabotage is no longer considered a prank, but something more serious now that everyone has them and business runs on them.
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