Whew it's back.

[opelwasp]

Great job Gary, I was starting to go into withdrawals. What the heck happened?

[George]

Does anyone know what Zend Optimizer is?Seems you have to fill out this form before I can get back on this site.

[Gordy]

did anyone else keep getting the popup that some program had to be downloaded to access the site?

[kwilford]

Originally Posted by George Does anyone know what Zend Optimizer is?Seems you have to fill out this form before I can get back on this site.

I haven't heard from Gary yet, but I suspect that we were hacked. Unless you hear differently from Gary, DO NOT fill out any such form, nor even enter the sites in the page that seems to have intercepted our site

[RallyBob]

Originally Posted by kwilford I haven't heard from Gary yet, but I suspect that we were hacked. Unless you hear differently from Gary, DO NOT fill out any such form, nor even enter the sites in the page that seems to have intercepted out site

I contacted Gary, he said it wasn't a hack, but rather a server changeover. They forgot to install the Zend software on their end, hence the issues.

Bob

[saxybiker]

Originally Posted by opelwasp Great job Gary, I was starting to go into withdrawals. What the heck happened?

Amazing how dependent we become on our daily Opel fix! The "shakes" were just about to start!

Glad we are back online.

[Crazy Harry]

Great job getting things back to normal! You probably got tons of e-mails like mine, which you can ignore now.

Harold.

[Gary]

The problem was server related. Our host was doing some security updates and a necessary program was not loaded properly.

A few months ago we were hacked and it went far beyond changing the main page. The hackers were able to add file folders and run their programs. At one point we were a base for a phishing scam that targeted a major bank's customers. I went through and cleaned up those folders with help from the host as several could not be removed by me. I then added several security items to keep them off our section of the shared server.

Evidently the shared server that we are on had other issues with security and that is why there were several periods of slow loading or site outages as these hackers were running their programs.

The host company upgraded the server last night. When I checked the site this morning and saw the "Zend Optimizer" message, I thought that all our files and programs were gone and I would have to upload a back-up copy as that message usually only shows up when a new server is being loaded. Thankfully, that was not the case.

[Gordy]

Good job as always.

[denny71gt]

Few can appreciate what you do more than an ex-IT guy. YOU DO GOOD WORK!!

denny

[opel kid]

i'm just glad it wasn't another hacking!
thanks for getting the site fixed and back running!

[George]

I filled out the zend optimizer form.Did I do something bad?

[kwilford]

Originally Posted by Gary When I checked the site this morning and saw the "Zend Optimizer" message, I thought that all our files and programs were gone and I would have to upload a back-up copy as that message usually only shows up when a new server is being loaded. Thankfully, that was not the case.

Gary,
When the site came back up yesterday, there was at least one thread that had "lost" the changes I had made to it (the new one asking about wheels for a '75 wagon, which I had merged with the recent thread on steel rims for a '75 Manta). That was done late Saturday, so it might have been one of the last things before the Zend downtime.

[Gary]

Originally Posted by George I filled out the zend optimizer form.Did I do something bad?

It should not be a problem as that message was for loading the Zend program to a server not a PC.

Originally Posted by kwilford Gary, When the site came back up yesterday, there was at least one thread that had "lost" the changes I had made to it (the new one asking about wheels for a '75 wagon, which I had merged with the recent thread on steel rims for a '75 Manta). That was done late Saturday, so it might have been one of the last things before the Zend downtime.

That is possible. I think they rebuilt the server then reloaded it from a backup. There were a few more glitches this morning. I received 198 emails notifying me of database errors... There also was a short period tonight where the site was down. I have a trouble ticket in now to get more details.

[newman27]

Originally Posted by Gary ...I received 198 emails notifying me of database errors...

FYI - I was getting a database error last night when I tried to open a JPG photo. It was working intermittently...