Picollo Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 After three and a half months of downtime Demonoid’s tracker is now back online. The unexpected revival of the tracker is the first sign of life in weeks and suggests that the Demonoid team is working to bring the full site back online. While the index and forum remain offline, the many thousands of torrents tracked by Demonoid have been brought back to life. When Demonoid went down at the end of Julythe site’s admin blamed a DDoS attack. This initial attack resulted in a series of problems that were not easy to fix. However, at the time the tech admin of the site was determined to get the site back online. “You know how it goes with Demonoid. It might take a while but it will come back,” the admin told us. This was easier said than done though, and things went from bad to worse when Demonoid’s hosting provider Colocall pulled the plug following pressure from Interpol. But despite the site’s entanglement in a criminal investigation, Demonoid’s users never gave up hope that the site would return. Today, this hope appears to be justified as the first step towards a comeback was been made. A few hours ago Demonoid’s tracker was kicked back into action. Demonoid’s tracker is working It may not come as a surprise that Demonoid is no longer with its former hosting company in the Ukraine. It appears that they have moved to Hong Kong instead, judging from the IP-address linked to the tracker. While the news of the revived tracker will delight many Demonoid users, it may take some time before the site itself returns, if that’s the plan. In 2007 and 2009 Demonoid suffered similar downtime episodes and at the time the tracker reappeared several weeks before the site. When the DDoS hit Demonoid late July the site also suffered from an “exploit of sorts” which caused some damage. It is unclear whether this has been resolved at this point. The admin told us at the time that if the site did indeed return, it might move over to the new code they had been testing for a while. Time will tell if that’s indeed the case. TorrentFreak has asked Demonoid’s tech admin for a comment on the tracker comeback and the possible return of the website, and we’ll update this article once we receive a response. :view: View: Original Article Can't keep a good demon down for long :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 12, 2012 Administrator Share Posted November 12, 2012 Fixed the article layout and added a source link. ;)Great news. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uVSthem Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 :showoff: :wub: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Hosted by FBI in HK, tracking connected users. :P I am sceptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picollo Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 Hosted by FBI in HK, tracking connected users. :P I am sceptical. wait till the site is up you will believe it then :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara- Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Fantastic news!Cheers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowx Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Good news :showoff: I'm happy to hear that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylemessiah Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 wonder if my account will still work and if my ratio will be intact if it comes back :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 oh yeah stick it to the man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiPirate Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 :party: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Good to here :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAXS Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Can we access the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ande Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Can we access the site?Not yet, as far as I know in 10h it should be up, but you can never say for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 This is a small victory but also a big one too. If it fully comes back then Ill be glad and if it comes back to stay then I'll be really glad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergo Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 The site is not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picollo Posted November 12, 2012 Author Share Posted November 12, 2012 to survive demonoid must:a) become a private (invite only) trackerorb ) keep backups all the time and use magnets instead of direct torrent links like tpbchoose one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliuown Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Good Demonoid tracker is back! I felt so lost without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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