Scumball Reviews Not Appearing

[Vampyre]

Noticed this from the link to Scumball in one of the posts in the "Good Sprite, crap game thread".

Magazine Reviews has three listed of which two are pulling the Overall Score from ZXSR. Click on the "Review" link, which normally displays the ZXSR reviews and it states:

"There is no information at ZXSR about this title."

They definitely exist. Review IDs 7547 and 11061.

[PeterJ]

Thanks @Vampyre,

Assuming this is a ZXDB issue @Einar Saukas?

[Einar Saukas]

The problem is, ZXSR site is currently inaccessible.

In the case of Scumball, it's trying to get reviews from this link:

http://www.zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/api/title/4383

[Vampyre]

Well blimey! I had no idea. Well, that would make a lot of sense.

I'll see what on earth's going on. It's on some free hosting service - I wonder if I've gone over the amount of space allowed...

[Vampyre]

It's been hacked. They've left me a nice readme.txt in every single folder and I'll lose my data if I don't pay up. Oh, shudder...

Not like the entire sites just a copy/paste anyway from my local machine, you absolute cretins. They were very kind in not damaging the file structure in any way

::: Greetings :::

!!Do not contact third party for trying to RECOVER YOUR DATA us and ONLY US can DECRYPT YOUR INFO, they DONT have the way to decrypt your data, they have to pay US, and they will OVERCHARGE YOU!!

Little FAQ:

.1.
Q: Whats Happen?
A: Your files have been encrypted. The file structure was not damaged, we did everything possible so that this could not happen.

.2.
Q: How to recover files?
A: If you wish to decrypt your files you will need to pay us in Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency of our choice.

.3.
Q: What about guarantees?
A: This is just a business. We absolutely do not care about you and your deals, except getting benefits. If we do not do our work and liabilities - nobody will cooperate with us. Its not in our interests.
To check the ability of returning files, you can send to us any 2 files with SIMPLE extensions(jpg,xls,doc, etc... not databases!) and low sizes(max 1 mb), we will decrypt them and send back to you. That is our guarantee.

.4.
Q: How to contact with you?
A: You can write us to our mailboxes: [email protected]
In case not answer in 24 hours: [email protected]
.5.
Q: How will the decryption process proceed after payment?
A: After payment we will send to you our scanner-decoder program and detailed instructions for use. With this program you will be able to decrypt all your encrypted files.

.6.
Q: If I don’t want to pay bad people like you?
A: If you will not cooperate with our service - for us, its does not matter. But you will lose your time and data, cause only we have the private key. In practice - time is much more valuable than money.


:::BEWARE:::
DON'T try to change encrypted files by yourself!
If you will try to use any third party software for restoring your data or antivirus solutions - please make a backup for all encrypted files!
Any changes in encrypted files may entail damage of the private key and, as result, the loss all data.

[Vampyre]

Hi @Einar Saukas @PeterJ

Everything is now back to normal. Had a bit of trouble after publishing as it was missing a couple of necessary DLLs that I'd failed to note down!