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Demonoid down? (1 Viewer)

Last time I used it was on Saturday - I will have to check it when I get home.

They seem to have gotten a lot more shaky the past year or so - I usually only go there as a backup if my main site does not have something yet.

 
Oh no. :(http://www.zdnet.com/is-demonoid-gone-for-good-7000002001/

Well this can't be good. Demonoid is no longer down, but it's also no longer Demonoid: the demonoid.me domain doesn't look like it's pointing to the Demonoid server.Last week, Demonoid started serving up the following error message: Server too busy The action you requested could not be completed because the server is too busy. Please try again in a few minutes Do not click reload - Use the following links Clicking reload will get you this page again Click here to return to the homepage or Click here to go backIt turned out, according to a statement supplied to TorrentFreak, that Demonoid had been taken down by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The site's administrator reportedly said the fix could take a while, and so the waiting game began. A full week passed, and then last night, the server was turned off completely and the site started serving up a 404 (Not Found error message).A fake Facebook Page for the Demonoid website said the website was taken down on purpose to work on fixing the issues. I fell for the hoax earlier today and after it was pointed out to me, I immediately tried to contact Demonoid's administrator for a statement explaining what is really happening.In the meantime, I've been checking the site all day, which kept giving me a 404. About half an hour ago, however, the page loaded something, which in turn redirected to a random website full of advertisements. I tried going to demonoid.me a few more times, and every time it was a different nonsense website. Finally, it seemed to settle on the website you see pictured above. If I tried to keep refreshing, I would eventually get a bogus website again.All these websites look like the ones you see when you go to a domain that is up for sale or is being kept around for generating ad revenue from random visitors looking for something. For example, if you go to torrents.com or trackers.com, you'll see something similar. If this is what is happening to demonoid.me, then the owner will likely make quite a bit of money.The thing is, it doesn't look as if the owner has changed. The following whois lookup for Demonoid suggests something may have changed last night, although the expiration date is still more than two years from now:Is this really just a consequence of the DDOS attack last week or is there something bigger happening? Is this some kind of anti-piracy initiative? Is Demonoid dead or will the site resurface once again under a different domain (remember, Demonoid originally started at demonoid.com)?Again, I've attempted to contact Demonoid's administrator for an explanation of what's happening. I will update you if and when I hear back.Update on August 2 - The site is back to being down and the administrator is still unreachable. As a reader points out, the demonoid.me domain registration was updated again.Meanwhile, TorrentFreak also hasn't had much luck getting in touch with Demonoid's staff, and says the situation doesn't look good: For now we’ll just have to wait, but it wouldn’t come as a shock if Demonoid remained down for months. Equally, and this is a distinct possibility given all the variables, don’t be surprised if its doors stay closed for good.Until we hear more, it's back to the waiting game.
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Demonoid's administrator has promised to bring the site back after it was taken down by a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The tracker has already been down for more than a week, and there still is no date for when to expect its return.

"I don't plan on shutting down, but if Im going to fix it I have to do it properly," the administrator told TorrentFreak. "That means upgrading a lot of our 7 year old hardware and maybe bringing up the beta only. You know how it goes with demonoid. It might take a while but it will come back."

If you want to offer your services to the cause, you're out of luck. The administrator does not want to accept help as he's worried about giving too many privileges over sensitive user data to complete strangers. It doesn't look like he's accepting donations either.
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Demoniod Admin
 
'Polish Hammer said:
'mad sweeney said:
'WhatDoIKnow said:
'Giant Wooden Badger said:
'Socrates11 said:
'gandalas said:
They seem to have gotten a lot more shaky the past year or so - I usually only go there as a backup if my main site does not have something yet.
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I'll take a PM
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Same
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Ditto.
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por favor?
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[bugsbunny]And me too, boss.[/bugsbunny]
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It has already been mentioned a couple of times in thread but piratebay is fantastic. I almost never use demonoid.
 
'NewlyRetired said:
?It has already been mentioned a couple of times in thread but piratebay is fantastic.
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:goodposting:The info is in black and white multiple times in this thread and people are still asking for PMs for an alternative.:shrug:While people wait for PMs, Im downloading everything I would have got from Demonoid if it were still up and running. :banned:
 
I did piratebay back in the day but it was overrun with bad files. Demonoid is nearly 100% reliable. I'll just wait until they come back.

 
'valhallan said:
I did piratebay back in the day but it was overrun with bad files. Demonoid is nearly 100% reliable. I'll just wait until they come back.
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:yes: I was hoping people were talking about something a little more "members only" like demonoid. :shrug:
 
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