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Problems with Pepipoo?

trisontana
trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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For the last couple of hours I have been getting the error message " IPS Driver Error". Anyone else getting that? I know in thepast that this website has been the target for cyber attacks. I wonder if this is another one.
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  • DavidDickson1234
    DavidDickson1234 Posts: 3 Newbie
    When i try it says too many connections?
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    I noted in another thread pointing an OP to Pepipoo that it wasn't working. It still isn't, and this is several hours later. DDoS attack?
  • System
    System Posts: 178,315 Community Admin
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    They've had this before. The last time it was a corrupt index file which they rebuilt. What this one is, only they can say.

    Try clearing you cookies too.
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  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    Still down. Looks like a corupt database.
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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    I go with bod1467

    It's a DDoS attack?
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    beamerguy wrote: »
    I go with bod1467

    It's a DDoS attack?
    Conspiracy theories apart we are entitled to our opinions of course but PP has suffered this type of periodic problem for as long as I can remember. None of them has been due to a DDoS attack and whilst there is always that risk I'd go with experience - and thus historic evidence - on this one and suggest it is more likely to be a db error.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    HO87 wrote: »
    Conspiracy theories apart we are entitled to our opinions of course but PP has suffered this type of periodic problem for as long as I can remember. None of them has been due to a DDoS attack and whilst there is always that risk I'd go with experience - and thus historic evidence - on this one and suggest it is more likely to be a db error.

    HO87, all the signs of a DDos attack but if not, hopefully not, a very expensive fix ...... surely the domain owner would be alerted or at least would see that currently the site states

    IPS Driver Error

    There appears to be an error with the database.
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    The last time this happened it was just before a weekend too. What are the chances that Fredd is about on a Friday evening?

    IIRC The last outage took over a week to fix.
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    HO87 wrote: »
    The last time this happened it was just before a weekend too. What are the chances that Fredd is about on a Friday evening?

    IIRC The last outage took over a week to fix.

    Very sad, hopefully MSE has protection.
  • molley
    molley Posts: 528 Forumite
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    edited 24 September 2016 at 1:13AM
    HO87 wrote: »
    The last time this happened it was just before a weekend too. What are the chances that Fredd is about on a Friday evening?

    IIRC The last outage took over a week to fix.

    Yeah I've been getting the IPS Error all day and you are right the last time it happened it was a goodly number of days before it was fixed .

    Odd thing is that
    http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/pepipoo.com.html
    says the site is UP??
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