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    HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
    edited December 2016 in Forum Ideas & Feedback
    Why is it that for the past few weeks it says the forum has been under maintenance? I dont understand, it took me forever just to get here to make this post.

    EDIT: Hey guys! Just noticed something weird, it seems to happen on my moms phone too. I dont know why. It seems as it isnt just me, and its affecting more people then I thought.
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      BrandiBugBrandiBug Posts: 1,313 Member
      Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? I never see that error. I'm a constant lurker lol
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      BrandiBug wrote: »
      Have you tried clearing your cache and cookies? I never see that error. I'm a constant lurker lol

      My cookies are automaticly cleared by a plugin of mine. Its been going on for weeks now.
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      applefeather2applefeather2 Posts: 4,003 Member
      Hm. I don't see that notice either. What if you left your cookies on for awhile? I don't know if that would help or not.
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      rosemowrosemow Posts: 163,624 Member
      Hello
      Other simmers are also having issues with the forums .
      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/906239/something-has-gone-wrong-glitch-on-this-site-pic-included
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      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
      http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
      http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
      My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      rosemow wrote: »
      Hello
      Other simmers are also having issues with the forums .
      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/906239/something-has-gone-wrong-glitch-on-this-site-pic-included

      Thanks, but thats not whats happening to me, im getting a screen that says the forum is under manteinance and will be back up soon. I think im the first to report this one. But yeah, they are similar.

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      PsychomoiPsychomoi Posts: 41 Member
      I don't see the under maintenance thing, but the "it's patch day" announcement is up there everyday... gets me all excited and then i find out its a lie :'(
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      rosemowrosemow Posts: 163,624 Member
      Psychomoi wrote: »
      I don't see the under maintenance thing, but the "it's patch day" announcement is up there everyday... gets me all excited and then i find out its a lie :'(

      Hello
      There is an x button on the right hand side that you can press to remove that message from your screen.
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      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
      http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
      http://tinyurl.com/rosemow
      My Showcase thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/948861/rosemow-s-rooms-showcase
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      PsychomoiPsychomoi Posts: 41 Member
      I am dumb @rosemow thankyou!
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      rosemowrosemow Posts: 163,624 Member
      Psychomoi wrote: »
      I am dumb @rosemow thankyou!

      You're welcome :) You are not dumb at all!
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      http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/817478/hello-come-and-introduce-yourself
      http://tinyurl.com/OneRoomOneWeek
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      edited December 2016
      Hey guys! Just noticed something weird, it seems to happen on my moms phone too. I dont know why. It seems as it isnt just me, and its affecting people more then I thought.
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      SimburianSimburian Posts: 6,915 Member
      edited December 2016
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week. May be it has reached other areas too.
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38167453


      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      Mchap353 wrote: »
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week.

      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).

      Doubt it, as it also is on my phone, and why would it make it say the site is under mantianace? That makes no sense, and im very carefull about viruses.
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      Mchap353 wrote: »
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week. May be it has reached other areas too.
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38167453


      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).

      And, from what I have seen about the virus, it affects routers, I use multiple wifi networks, so it wouldnt be that.
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      AmbereenAmbereen Posts: 56 Member
      Are we talking about this, maybe?

      h.ttp://prntscr.com/de6fjw

      It pops up a LOT with me just trying to click around the forums. All I had to do for the screenshot was try to open up ideas and feedback xD but it happens everywhere on here. Usually refreshing does the trick, but sometimes it take a few.
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      Ambereen wrote: »
      Are we talking about this, maybe?

      h.ttp://prntscr.com/de6fjw

      It pops up a LOT with me just trying to click around the forums. All I had to do for the screenshot was try to open up ideas and feedback xD but it happens everywhere on here. Usually refreshing does the trick, but sometimes it take a few.
      Ambereen wrote: »
      Are we talking about this, maybe?

      h.ttp://prntscr.com/de6fjw

      It pops up a LOT with me just trying to click around the forums. All I had to do for the screenshot was try to open up ideas and feedback xD but it happens everywhere on here. Usually refreshing does the trick, but sometimes it take a few.

      Yes, thats exactly what happens, and I refresh too.
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      lisasc360lisasc360 Posts: 19,313 Member
      Harrison wrote: »
      Mchap353 wrote: »
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week.

      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).

      Doubt it, as it also is on my phone, and why would it make it say the site is under mantianace? That makes no sense, and im very carefull about viruses.

      Same thing happened on October 21, 2016 when some group of hackers had hacked into some company over here in the USA. I had posted an article about it after the damage was fixed by the FBI and they were able to get sites that were effected by the hackers working again. So it could be possible that what is taking place in Germany could be effecting this site for some users because when the hackers hacked into the company back listed in the article in September, some of the members could get in while a lot of them couldn't gain access to this site. I had a lot of sites that I was trying to get into on that day that wasn't letting me in and I thought that maybe the internet was just running really slow until my husband called and told me about the hackers hacking into some East Coast company that he heard about on the radio.
      http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/21/major-disruptions-online-as-cyber-attack-hits-internet-services-company.html

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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      lisasc360 wrote: »
      Harrison wrote: »
      Mchap353 wrote: »
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week.

      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).

      Doubt it, as it also is on my phone, and why would it make it say the site is under mantianace? That makes no sense, and im very carefull about viruses.

      Same thing happened on October 21, 2016 when some group of hackers had hacked into some company over here in the USA. I had posted an article about it after the damage was fixed by the FBI and they were able to get sites that were effected by the hackers working again. So it could be possible that what is taking place in Germany could be effecting this site for some users because when the hackers hacked into the company back listed in the article in September, some of the members could get in while a lot of them couldn't gain access to this site. I had a lot of sites that I was trying to get into on that day that wasn't letting me in and I thought that maybe the internet was just running really slow until my husband called and told me about the hackers hacking into some East Coast company that he heard about on the radio.
      http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/21/major-disruptions-online-as-plum-attack-hits-internet-services-company.html

      Oh, wow, now that I think of it it makes sense, ill have to look into removing it.
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      edited December 2016
      Harrison wrote: »
      lisasc360 wrote: »
      Harrison wrote: »
      Mchap353 wrote: »
      There's a nasty worm about called Mirai and it has affected uk's Talk Talk and Post Office routers today and Germany this week.

      Malwarebytes is good at dealing with it (there's a free download as well as the paid for one).

      Doubt it, as it also is on my phone, and why would it make it say the site is under mantianace? That makes no sense, and im very carefull about viruses.

      Same thing happened on October 21, 2016 when some group of hackers had hacked into some company over here in the USA. I had posted an article about it after the damage was fixed by the FBI and they were able to get sites that were effected by the hackers working again. So it could be possible that what is taking place in Germany could be effecting this site for some users because when the hackers hacked into the company back listed in the article in September, some of the members could get in while a lot of them couldn't gain access to this site. I had a lot of sites that I was trying to get into on that day that wasn't letting me in and I thought that maybe the internet was just running really slow until my husband called and told me about the hackers hacking into some East Coast company that he heard about on the radio.
      http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/10/21/major-disruptions-online-as-plum-attack-hits-internet-services-company.html

      Oh, wow, now that I think of it it makes sense, ill have to look into removing it.

      But wait, I just read that it knocks off your router, and makes your internet slow, that didnt happen to me.


      EDIT: Pcworld says it only affects routers from a company called zyxel, im sure im not using that.
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      kmariakmaria Posts: 282 Member
      this happens to me as well - both at home and at work and on my phone. it's incredibly annoying, and it's like every other click on the forums for me.
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      ShinobuTypeErrorShinobuTypeError Posts: 2,838 Member
      Happens to me constantly on my iPad as well, but I don't get it on my PC. Weird. Might be some malware thing, time to scan I guess.
      "It's like there's a pink elephant in the room and no one's allowed to talk about it."
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      HowGreatThouArtHowGreatThouArt Posts: 1,662 Member
      I'm getting it too, on my phone.
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      HarrisonHarrison Posts: 315 Member
      For me now, its getting to the point where I can barely log in.
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      TriplisTriplis Posts: 3,048 Member
      Check out: http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/907090/weird-caching-or-something#latest

      The two appear to be related. It's as if there's two different versions of the forums. I don't know enough about forum stuff to say how in the heck that would work, but I'm assuming it's database related in some way.
      Mods moved from MTS, now hosted at: https://triplis.github.io
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      BridgetKVBridgetKV Posts: 200 Member
      I've been having the same problem on multiple computers and my phone, and a friend of mine did too when she opened a link I sent her. I hope that maybe someone can do something to fix it soon because while it is livable, it's still annoying. Ironically I encountered the error while opening this thread lol
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      coogiekelpcoogiekelp Posts: 605 Member
      I know, this isn't in the right category, but right now, the forums isn't letting me put it in another category :/
      I haven't been able to come on for the past week or so because every time I come on, it always says this site is under "maintenance". Is this being fixed? I can't check anything or post anything :( I'll be blessed if this posts/works!
      Challenges completed: none yet :(
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