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  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051
    edited November 2014

    Nada, for me... on several devices and computers... as well as 2 versions of Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE, and Silk (Kindle Fire).
    Dead in the water.

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,719
    edited December 1969

    "It's up and down like the Assyrian Empire!" :)

    I managed to upload a new PDF earlier today... on the second attempt.

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    In Firefox it gets sometimes timed out, sometimes I get an information that it is blocked by ABE deny ...

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051
    edited December 1969

    @Kerya I haven't seen the ABE deny notice yet, but if FireFox is being accurate in that, it indicates some sort of attack on ShareCG... from what I just read about ABE is that it is meant to protect against "Cross-site request forgery"(CSRF) and "DNS rebinding", which is used for spamming and denial of services activities.
    Evil f_ _ _ _ _ g bassturds... I hate spammers and scammers and thieves, frikin' parasites.

  • StratDragonStratDragon Posts: 3,168
    edited December 1969

    I'm getting on Chrome Version 38.0.2125.111
    No issues.

  • glaseyeglaseye Posts: 1,311
    edited December 1969

    Kerya said:
    In Firefox it gets sometimes timed out, sometimes I get an information that it is blocked by ABE deny ...

    Yep, same here with FireFox; I can browse around a little, and then I do get that ABE warning.... frustrating.....

  • cecilia.robinsoncecilia.robinson Posts: 2,208
    edited December 1969

    lordvicore said:
    @Kerya I haven't seen the ABE deny notice yet, but if FireFox is being accurate in that, it indicates some sort of attack on ShareCG... from what I just read about ABE is that it is meant to protect against "Cross-site request forgery"(CSRF) and "DNS rebinding", which is used for spamming and denial of services activities.
    Evil f_ _ _ _ _ g bassturds... I hate spammers and scammers and thieves, frikin' parasites.

    I've been seeing this all the time. I use FireFox - a rather customised one (AdBlock, NoScript, Slide Eliminator, Amazon Wishlist, Send-To-Kindle). Interestingly, I can open the site on my phone. Avira doesn't protest. But it's of no use to me, I can't download DAZ files onto my phone, obviously.

  • scathascatha Posts: 756
    edited December 1969

    Lets hope they manage to fix the issue soon.

  • Joe JarrahJoe Jarrah Posts: 5
    edited December 1969

    I've been trying for three days now, and whatever browser or computer i use (have tried machines variously equipped with firefox, chrome and i.e.), nothing can connect. I can occasionally get onto one or other of the fora, but as for posting artworks, or viewing art, nada....

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,719
    edited November 2014

    I use Firefox (33.1) with just two add-ons (AdBlock and MAFF), and with ALL plug-ins disabled - i.e. no Flash, no Java, etc.
    I try to access ShareCG several times every day with a success rate of about 50%, and I've not seen any "ABE deny" notice to date.*

    There's now a "Can't Access ShareCG?" thread on their own forums too here http://www10.sharecg.com/wwwthreads-5.3/showflat.php?Board=shoot&Number=213141 and that's linked back to this thread.

    I sent another query via their Contact form (still no reply from the first one or the email I sent) - I guess they're a bit busy...

    Fingers crossed that they let us know what's going on, and get it fixed!


    *The "ABE deny" notice appears to be something that the NoScript plugin throws up http://noscript.net/abe/ - is that correct?

    Post edited by 3dcheapskate on
  • ibr_remote aka infinity10ibr_remote aka infinity10 Posts: 469
    edited December 1969

    I've used a number of website checkers (basically pinging the server) and they all report that the website is down for everyone.

  • Tramp GraphicsTramp Graphics Posts: 2,411
    edited December 1969

    ibr_remote said:
    I've used a number of website checkers (basically pinging the server) and they all report that the website is down for everyone.
    It's working for me, at least for now. I just opened it up.
  • jpb06tjpb06t Posts: 272
    edited December 1969

    Down here in Italy. Move your freebies elsewhere, that place is dying.

    I have checked and you can download ZIPs from deviantArt even if you are not logged in.

  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917
    edited December 1969

    I still can't get on.

    Oh am I glad I moved all my stuff to my own website.

  • KeryaKerya Posts: 10,943
    edited December 1969

    3dcheapskate said:
    ...

    *The "ABE deny" notice appears to be something that the NoScript plugin throws up http://noscript.net/abe/ - is that correct?

    Yes
    http://noscript.net/abe/

    But even disabling doesn't help - in that case I just get timed out.

  • cecilia.robinsoncecilia.robinson Posts: 2,208
    edited December 1969

    latego said:
    Down here in Italy. Move your freebies elsewhere, that place is dying.

    I have checked and you can download ZIPs from deviantArt even if you are not logged in.

    That's a good point. I have several reports with stuff I can't download.

  • Eustace ScrubbEustace Scrubb Posts: 2,698
    edited December 1969

    latego said:
    Down here in Italy. Move your freebies elsewhere, that place is dying.

    I have checked and you can download ZIPs from deviantArt even if you are not logged in.


    Dratted shame, but you may be right about sCG: I'm not a big fan of dA myself, as it seems so overrun with adolescent AniManga fanporn and "lookit-I did-another-Anthro-elf" pencils.

    Planit3D is a husk, 3DCommune is gone entirely (six years ago? seven?), and so are many of the other best sites.

  • McGyverMcGyver Posts: 7,051
    edited November 2014

    The problem with ShareCG is it seems to be more or less a one or two man show... there may be a few more people involved, but from what I could gather from things said about two or three years ago when they were thinking of changing there membership model, they run it on a shoestring budget and as a spare time thing.
    A while back they started getting hit by some Chinese spammers running a fake sportswear website trying to lure people in to steal CC info, it took SCG a couple of weeks to put an end to it, but after that I've always been worried some evil scumsucker with better skills and more determination would find SCG and realize what an opportunity it presents.
    I really hope this is not what is happening.
    I say this because last week I visited ShareCG just to check up on something, after several tries (I usually don't try much and just assume there is too much traffic), I manage to get in, but I immediately noticed a very odd looking banner add at the bottom. It looks very fishy, the resolution is terrible, its squashed and it flashes to get your attention... basically it looks like kindergarten level work and doesn't fit in with the professional looking ads that normally run on the sides. Probably its nothing, but the day I noticed it was more or less the day I noticed people report problems accessing SCG... Who knows.
    I really don't think David Heller would just let the site die without saying something, but I don't think they have the available resources to fix stuff in a timely fashion... I'm just going to wait and see.

    Post edited by McGyver on
  • launoklaunok Posts: 793
    edited November 2014

    Gosh, this is really strange but also scary if I read what lordvicore saying above. Another strange thing is that at some point I can log in. In my case the last few evenings I could log in. Hopefully I will get another chance tonight and take my email and website urls out for a while in my ShareCG account, for in case it's a hacking attempt or related. Why are there always people out there wanting to destroy others? My own blog I had to stop comments option, for people to leave comments as many comments was nothing related to my art work but most porn related with links, which also spammed my email inbox. Lucky blogger has options to stop such rubbish!

    Post edited by launok on
  • MilosGulanMilosGulan Posts: 1,958
    edited November 2014

    ShareCG is working again, i have been trying to download some things for days now, but finaly i did it. I am sorry for 3dCommune it seems i am late for it. I can't make Planit3D work, never heard for it before btw..

    Post edited by MilosGulan on
  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    ShareCG is still timing out for me. I haven't been able to access the site for quite some time.

  • Charlie JudgeCharlie Judge Posts: 12,737
    edited December 1969

    Same here. It just keeps timing out for me. It would be a great loss to the Poser/DAZ community if it is really gone.

    Charlie

  • dunmore3_152441623bdunmore3_152441623b Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I keep having problems with Sharecg for the last week, the website sometimes works and sometimes does not work

  • MilosGulanMilosGulan Posts: 1,958
    edited December 1969

    It worked for hour or so :(

  • Robert FreiseRobert Freise Posts: 4,444
    edited December 1969

    Was working as of 5 mins ago

  • ChromaDrakeChromaDrake Posts: 288
    edited November 2014

    Darn it double post again. Sorry.

    Post edited by ChromaDrake on
  • ChromaDrakeChromaDrake Posts: 288
    edited December 1969

    Not working for me as of 4:05 Central US

    lordvicore said:

    I really don't think David Heller would just let the site die without saying something, but I don't think they have the available resources to fix stuff in a timely fashion... I'm just going to wait and see.
    Thanks for the detailed info!

    I hope they manage to work things out if they are having problems. That's really annoying to hear some idiotic, dirt-eating spammers are making things difficult.

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,719
    edited November 2014

    ShareCG Has Said It Was Just A Hardware Problem And Should Be Resolved Now

    Just received a reply from ShareCG.

    Nothing malicious was going on - they just had some hardware problems with their name-server. Everything should be back to normal now

    I just checked, and I can access the site without any problems. If I don't have any problems over the next couple of days I'll be happy that it's resolved.

    Can anybody else verify that it seems okay now?


    (Edit 02:41 UTC: Just browsing around the site I've had one timeout so far, but simply retrying got past that.)

    Post edited by 3dcheapskate on
  • glaseyeglaseye Posts: 1,311
    edited December 1969

    3dcheapskate said:
    ShareCG Has Said It Was Just A Hardware Problem And Should Be Resolved Now

    Just received a reply from ShareCG.

    Nothing malicious was going on - they just had some hardware problems with their name-server. Everything should be back to normal now

    I just checked, and I can access the site without any problems. If I don't have any problems over the next couple of days I'll be happy that it's resolved.

    Can anybody else verify that it seems okay now?

    Well, login worked on the 2nd try... browsing goes a little slower as usual, but did not (yet) encounter any problems. Haven't tried downloading yet...

  • 3dcheapskate3dcheapskate Posts: 2,719
    edited December 1969

    lordvicore said:
    ...I really don't think David Heller would just let the site die without saying something, but I don't think they have the available resources to fix stuff in a timely fashion... I'm just going to wait and see.

    Several months ago I sent an email to David and was told that he's no longer there...

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