Topic: PD.com destruction?

[DwnUndr]

Thunderbird, was your forum php 2.x by chance?

One of our sites was hit with something similar a few days ago and we were able to get it fixed.  If you had php let me know and I will get Soupman over here to feed you some info.

Ours manifested as a virus alert and a redirect to a site that sold anti-virus software.  The hacker was from Russia, IP 195.2.253.41

See our thread about it here:  http://underverse.us/viewtopic.php?t=1948

Also, it started as a mail sent to the root server.  Soupman specifically told our host to disable mail service but it got activated anyway.

[Matthew]

That link requires logging in, but it was a valiant effort.

[-<WillyP>-]

And I'm pretty sure PD.com is ASP anyway.

[Bettina]

I can't believe PD is gone.  :'(  I know I didn't post there much, or here as a matter of fact, but it was nice knowing it was there.  Thanks to those who made .net happen. It reminds me of the LEM on Apollo 13 when the main capsule went down.

Long live Planet Descent....

Bettina 

[Matthew]

OMG hi betinna! You do have a habit of showing up at the uncanniest times you know that?

That's a very insightful, if rather sad, analogy for it, bet.

[Scyphi]

She always had a knack for that, though. (meaning both the popping up at the uncanniest of times, and making insightful analogies) Nice to hear from you again, Bet.

[Foil]

And I'm pretty sure PD.com is ASP anyway.

Yes, that's correct.  PD.com was a custom-created .asp-based forum; it doesn't use PHPbb or any .php at all.

[Hunter]

Well I guess I will be coming here from now on. Once a VBB refugee, and now a PD refugee too...  :'(

[DwnUndr]

 

[Scyphi]

Well, it's not like we didn't know was coming. We had all figured that PD.com would bite it sooner rather than later, that's part of the reason why PD.net even exists. To be there to retreat to when PD.com finally bit it.

But you know, it's not really for the forums we went there, but the community. And the community still exists, it's all just about right here, now. Granted, some of them are just taking shelter here, but still. PD.com may have been irrepairably lost (we'll see, there MIGHT be a chance things can still be saved, somehow), but the gang that made it a great place to visit is all still here.

[-<WillyP>-]

Well said, sir.

[Bettina]

Is it nostalgia that makes one pine for PD.com or something else?  Although it was the very first gaming forum I ever went to I just think that .net shines in comparison. Just curious.

Also, would it be possible to place a redirecting message on .com to this site?

Bee

[Grizz]

Hmmm, found the new hang out place.......

[SaladBadger]

Is it nostalgia that makes one pine for PD.com or something else?  Although it was the very first gaming forum I ever went to I just think that .net shines in comparison. Just curious.

I blame a very strict interface standard I have* as well as nostalgia as my reasons for missing that site -- of course, there are other reasons but I'm not going to get into those.

note: this doesn't have anything to do with this site in particular -- it's more or less a problem I have with SMF

[D2Disciple]

Yeah, for a standard user like me, SMF really does look slick and is pretty easy to use.

But, it really comes down to the fact that if you really know what you're doing, .com's interface is (was?) infinitely better.