Demonoid Will Be Back, But Patience Required

Ernesto
August 3, 2012
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More than a week has passed since a DDoS attack took the popular BitTorrent site Demonoid down.

In an update on the situation, the sole tech admin of the site tells us that it will take a while before the site returns.

The DDoS resulted in resulting in a series of problems that may take a while to address. However, he does not intend to throw the towel for now.

“I don’t plan on shutting down, but if Im going to fix it I have to do it properly. That means upgrading a lot of our 7 year old hardware and maybe bringing up the beta only,” the admin told TorrentFreak.

Quite a few people have offered to help out, but the admin doesn’t want to expose sensitive user data to complete strangers.

“I have gotten a few offers to help but that means giving way too many privileges over the user data to a stranger…Can’t have that,” he tells us.

Users will have to be patient, but many of the older members have learned that by now. Over the years the site has had its fair share of downtime, sometimes disappearing for months on end.

“You know how it goes with demonoid. It might take a while but it will come back,” the admin concludes.

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ofProto

We still love you Demonoid.
- Brotherark
  
  demonoid you are the best love u hope to see u up soon and hope they hang the hacker by the balls for the attack
  - Josephjames972
    
    lol thats all that place is is hackers.get real.seeders. leechers and hackers of theirs and others hacked products. but still the best place to get anything hope to c you guys back up soon
- Iantheonie
  
  good luck
- Doomraida
  
  hope to see ya soon :D of all the bit torrent sites i’ve found demonoid is by far the greatest, and easiest to navigate and find quality torrents
- Kissmyass847
  
  I’ve been using kat.ph since the site has gone down, and it is nowhere even close to being as user friendly or efficient as demonoid. But still a good place to get some files while the site is down. Hope to see y’all back up very soon.
  - a KAt user
    
    well i am a long user of KAt and don’t use demonoid…so tell me where your problem is, KAt IS user-friendly unless you break rules…you have gotten off to a wrong idea mate.
    - kitwrites
      
      But if you don’t use Demonoid, then maybe you’re wrong? Just saying that if you have no base for comparison, how can you possibly know?
    - TrackerMaster
      
      I have used both. Both have their own pros and cons. You can’t just say one of them is better.
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EEDUPODHQWGFOHBLBEEQQF2QJE salem
    
    try torrentz.eu… very good and uses multiple torrent sites
    - Tharamangalam
      
      Hey salem……. torrentz.eu is not good as demonoid. demonoid is not in the search list of torrentz.
  - MissAnon
    
    I, too have been using KAT, but since my primary usage of Demonoid was downloading books, I’ve found KAT to be extremely lacking. It has all the shows I watch, but very few novels and comics :’(
- William
  
  To the demonoid.me Admin.. If you read this all I want to do to help is DONATE!! Please set up a way so that some of us can send you some extra help without getting in the way. ;P Thanks William. I appreciate everything your doing for us. I do my best to give back and pay it forward. As I’m sure most of our community does.
Ian Dayle

Take your time, we can wait…
- Guest
  
  No we can’t
- Alesis44123
  
  FUCK Ian
  - Rinbooobo
    
    Blow Ian for us.
Deven

We love you a lot Demonoid :)
Mistermean000

An American tragedy.
- Alexandria Raplee
  
  It’s ran from canada. :P
  - Mreemtsen
    
    A Canadian tragedy
  - http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole
    
    I’m thinking montenegro.
    - 92fh232
      
      RACIST.
    - Guest
      
      Pig.
  - Welp
    
    North America
  - Blhbluh
    
    America’s a continent, not a country. Canada is in America.
    - Norsideguy
      
      Correction. Its North America. Living in Brazil now. People ask if I am from America. Not the United states.
  - Turlock
    
    Wow, you’re WAY out of date. They got booted from Canada years ago.
http://twitter.com/SioenRoux SioenRoux

Demonoid!!!!! Much love
dreamb

Demonoid :D
Drake

Patience is the key keep up the good work Admin Demonoid ^^b
Chiange

You’ve been part of life. I will continue to try to log on. Take your time…
Robertq1018

Life is not the same without Demonid.me
http://twitter.com/tjay2411 Jalal Al-Saadi

Can’t wait for you guys to bring the site back online….
http://twitter.com/tjay2411 Jalal Al-Saadi

Can’t wait for you guys to bring the site back online…
james johnstone

we love you we can wait
http://twitter.com/SolarMechanic Mike Carson

It really is crippling. I have demonoid as a right-click context search and I keep accidentally using it :’(
- SubgeniusD
  
  Which browser?
  - http://www.facebook.com/joe.hinojosa Joseph ‘Twitch’ Hinojosa
    
    you can do that with Opera
PaulMx

Almost can’t wait, but a secure site is oh so much better. Much thanks for the efforts, hard work, and existence of a remarkable site. Don’t rush!
- Turlock
  
  Secure site? No such thing. The copyright goons are logging you ip even from the fully private sites. Demonoid is only semi-private.
http://profile.yahoo.com/2UEEHW2TRUXMMC5DFF5D2SYD74 Johnny

Demonoid rules!
http://profile.yahoo.com/2UEEHW2TRUXMMC5DFF5D2SYD74 Johnny

Demonoid rules!
Post_101

So basically he’s nowhere near getting this fixed yet, good luck with it.
Maybe next time he will have a few good staff members who can help out.
demonoid lover

Demonoid, my love,, you simply made the others just like… nothing
Lakes

What is an alternative to Demoniod in the mean time? Sucks that its down because to me it’s the best torrent site
- LandO
  
  try isohunt.com. Its my backup go-to
  - Spleege123
    
    kick ass can be ok. also if you like documentary’s check out Mvgroup
- DWTish
  
  rutracker.org is awesome too
  - xpmule
    
    ya and its one of those places that don’t allow any idiot to upload half ass crap with poor descriptions etc (like seen at TPB or Demonoid)
    
    I miss the old days where there were clear rules for indexing sites.
    Now any idiot can upload anything with no proper title or description
    or worse quality control.
    - Leslie Donaldson
      
      To me it’s like a pick and choose scenario that determines quality and comprehension levels from TPB. Demonoid has always proven to be legitimate when looking for hard to find shit. It’s either there or I dare not wonder any other places in search of whatever it is I’m looking for. For obvious and security reasons. I have just grown to trust those few sources.
  - star666
    
    tried it wont let me register is a trick or something
- http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole
  
  I heard of this one site called the pirate lake, or something. Can’t attest to its quality though…
  
  …maybe bay. Might be bay.
  - Beans
    
    Hilarious, simply side-stabbing!
  - Timothy Jones
    
    You mean The Pirate Bay (TPB). You just need to know what is what . Good quality can be found there. However there are better sites out there. Emphasis on (Demonoid). Oh and if you visited TPB enough and was a more loyal guest or member you should know it is not the name you should be worried about. Do you think the sight admins and other unwanted prospectors care about negligent naysayers and falsely discreet posters have to say. No offense. I’m just saying, That particular sight encourages advertisement. They mock the inability to deter from what all other similar sights are so good at. Sharing anything and everything to whomever is capable of the means.
    - http://gene-poole.tumblr.com Gene Poole
      
      Dude it was a joke. I was playing on the concept that everyone knows the pirate bay, and that someone would suggest that as an alternative to demonoid…
      
      well, anyway thanks for the response. I’m not afraid to speak of the pirate bay. Now that they’ve removed the malware ads I even check it fairly regularly, though I still prefer kat these days.
      
      The Pirate Bay has become a symbol of the fight for freedom from censorship, freedom of sharing, and civil rights of netizens the world over, though. Long Live The Pirate Bay!
Stormindes

Backing you all the way, go Demonoid :)
Maenad

Please bear in mind that I’m not tech savvy. That said, could the admin for Demonoid follow TPB steps by making a torrent of the entire site so that it could be mirrored for when Demonoid has downtime? Also, they may need to look at getting rid of their own tracker and using a public tracker instead (however then they would no longer be a semi-private site and subject to the a**holes on public sites). Maybe they need to also go the “magnet links” only route too? It’s clear that there’s an organization out to get Demonoid and they need to get their ducks in a row and limit litigious exposure.
- MBP
  
  They do have magnet links as well as the normal .torrent files, doesn’t much help when it’s down though. They also have torrents that use multiple trackers including the demonoid ones, and even ones that say ‘external’ that were originally from another tracking source.
Guest

Okay so the question is who DDOSed Demonoid. Perhaps we can DDOS them
- MBP
  
  DDOS is by definition attacking using multiple sources, for a large site it’s usually some form of botnet. You would only be attacking random people who unknowingly had their computer infected with a trojan, you would not ever be attacking the initiator.
nwadike

I miss demonoid too, too much,
BriceFxP

Been a member longer than I can remember, and it’s nothing new. It will be back.
Nina

Monday I will be 9 months pregnant with my first child. I’m 20 years old and my husband is at work all day long. Demonoid makes my pregnancy go by SOOO much faster!! Can’t wait to have you back ! But take your time so it’s done correctly, that way it won’t be down again. We love you Demonoid <3
- Predictor
  
  If you’re 9 months pregnant, you do not need Demonoid for it to be over fast.
- Everyone’s A Writer
  
  From a man’s seed comes into the world a new seeder. Although I guess if the baby is depending on you to survive it’s only a leecher right now.
- Seven8Nine
  
  Hmmmm lets hope the child will not hit its puberty first before demonoid comes back.
Darkjoker4life

I can’t wait, and support the hell out of it, good luck!
hhfya

Love Demonoid! Take your time … we’ll be here ;)
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ender-Wiggin/100000885624281 Ender Wiggin

when you come back up, try and get the donate button working :)
Small Cog

Just bring back the “beta” version, I liked it a whole lot better than the older version. Plus it will make your job easier.

Been a Demonoider for about five years now and can’t wait till you come back.

Besides, I hate sifting through the tonnes of porn and fakes on the other sites.

Small Cog
- SubgeniusD
  
  I liked the design of the Beta too but there’s a reason it was called Beta – it was missing a lot of functionality.
kemikala

Been with you guys since the start…. Much love. Cant wait till ya’ll come back on.
Ry860

you can’t quit this site was the shiznit
- alesis
  
  Shiznit is OLD
- xpmule
  
  actually you can.. i did.
krypz

anyone remember sub-demon forum, when we thought demonoid might not come back ever? ah, admins come and go (good luck deimos) but demonoid abides :)

good luck from a long-time user!
Spleege123

A large part of my internet experience is Demonoid and its responsible for much of my connections to the world. And i do mean world. The worlds of travel, medicine, politics, sociology… everything. Demonoid is not just about ripping off EA or Blizzard and taking a few bucks away from their fucking millions. thank you so much demoniod and mvgroup and the like…….
- jackylyon
  
  Me too, Demonoid is a huge part of my connection to the world. When the ‘noid is down, my world shrinks. And when I have to go to so many other places to find a fraction of the content, my world is fractured as well.
chessman

we love you demonoid,we will wait for your triumphant return
Stevo

http://www.dragon-torrents.biz

Is the place to be, Home of Safcuk009 and ADTRG, you want torrents we got em
- ryan dunn
  
  dragongay home of the corporate torrent world not the home of SAFCUK009
Sadyetagain

For years I avoided the a**holes at other sites because I have demonoid, sadly my country went nuts and block everyone access to it, I miss it so much, sad day for many when demonoid is down, I will keep trying to log in after this, hope that some day mexicans can have access again
Kernel

There are no alternatives to Demonoid. The finest community ever in the history of sharing. We (your loyal fans) will wait as long as it takes. Cheers.
- Mosander
  
  Gotta agree, quality only, greatly missed!
- Turlock
  
  Demonoid is/was great. But it’s hardly the only torrent site. I have links to about 25 of them and only about 8 of them are fully private sites. I miss BTJunkie, they had a terrific selection as does TPB and kat.ph.
  - Beck
    
    Do any of them have e-books like the Demo? I doubt it. I’ve never found one like them. And I’ve searched A LOT. For tv shows, TPB is definitely the best, and even EZTV. But, for books, it was only Demo. The ones from authors I already like, I buy. But I just don’t buy new authors without sampling them first. I guess no new authors till Demo’s back :(
    - MissingMyDemonidE-Books
      
      What I miss most is the way you could search by genres and categories. It was great for browsing e-books. You could limit your search to English language (or another language) books, which was nice. But even better you could limit it to just SciFi or mystery or thrillers.
      
      I haven’t been able to find any other sites that lets me just browse different categories of books. I miss it. I really hope that Demonoid can overcome the raid and restart in another country. Could take a long long time though. :(
Super Guest

Well that sucks. Any ideas where else I can get comics?
- superduper
  
  In the real World?
- InsaniD
  
  IRC or Newsgroups…
Hilary

cant wait for you to come back I miss you loads
Burr

Im gonna click every ad on demonoids site to help them with money
- Chrisbutz
  
  How can you click on their ads if you can’t access the fucking site in the first place?
DeathPotato

I am ready when you are El Capitan. Maybe someone can find a leak on some of this DDOS info from the inner workings of one those “big guys”(with little………brains). There is a good portion of the internet backing you! Keep up the phenomenal work, like a real man of genius. Don’t let those DDOS tools or skids get you sidetracked or in a tidal uproar, because WE ARE BETTER THAN THEM. Don’t let their copypasta IRC skills reign in ANY FORM!!! The only thing they orchestrated was the fictitous story of their meaningful births. I hope they rot in a pile of bacterially infected bananas raped by trannies. Have a wonderful day and thank you, Demonoid and community.
- Arnold Beefknuckles
  
  Like the end note. Completely agree with the rest. I just wanted to add that it is all about money. If you happen to know the particular copypasta IRC whereabouts then just attack them financially and see how quick the retreat. I would not mind shoving a couple up inside then and twisting it about like I just don’t care.
Anonymous

get it fixed, get it right, get it permanent has to be the strategy. the best is always worth waiting for!
Morepepsi11

Take your time we will be here waiting. We love Demonoid!
Starsailor

I have faith that Demonoid will be back…They have been down before, and they will come back again!! Like the Phoenix!! Until then, will wait patiently… ?
Adokhnadze

Best BitTorrent site ever, we love you, we will wait for you. Thanks
moe

Is there a requirement for donations. ?
If all the hardware is +7 years old and needs to be updated,
well that takes money.. . .Right?
Please Let us know if anything is needed to help speed the return of our Demonoid.

Let us Know. . . .
- InsaniD
  
  Maybe Ian needs to a Kickstart campaign. I mean, most of us are not rich people, but if a good portion of the loyal users were to donate just $5, that would purchase some needed hardware, right?
  Someone might want to email him and mention it…
  - posi x mosh
    
    The only problem with making Demonoid a kickstarter project, or introducing any sort of major money in to the demonoid (or any other tracker for that matter) is that when there is a surplus of cash in an organization, there is a surplus of a target to fight over and/or attack.
    Think about the major trackers and other p2p type projects that have tried to cash in or expand quickly… They have all been co-opted or taken down by the courts. That being said, I have always thought that carefully creating a legal entity that could advocate for users against the mpaa and the US trademark and copywright police could be feasible and absolutely would be beneficial for the commons. However, ensuring that donations and other funding streams could be anonymous and, thus invulnerable to legal reprisals would be difficult to say the least. Furthermore, once a entity has assets, it creates a focus on which authorities and other enemies can set their sights on. Also, jealousy and greed are very strong forces to some and can easily ruin projects that serve the common good even though, often times, the folks who succumb to these forces, start with altruistic motives.
    All in all, it is remarkable that Demonoid has made it this long. It is like the 38th largest website on earth in relation to overall traffic. That’s a lot of advertizing money and user data to be exploited should the admins ever decide to sell themselves out. Perhaps this is why they are so universally respected…
    - moe
      
      Many of us donate regularly . . . Of course that’s
      how the site operates. No laws broken
      here, and I’m certainly not concerned about any one finding out who I choose to
      donate my money to, maybe thousands but $20.00 or $30.00 I don’t think so. If there is a requirement of a certain amount
      to do upgrades well that’s what’s needed let’s have a figure and just like in
      the past, let’s get it together and get it done. Sooner than later
    - posi x mosh
      
      Moe,
      I agree and empathize… I too have donated to a few different private torrent sites… However, I also donated to Wikileaks shortly before the “Collateral Murder” video/story broke. Luckily, this donation was likely used by the organization, but many of the subsequent donations (and donors names and financial info were turned over to the US Federal Government after they became persona non-gratis worldwide and visa/paypal etc froze their accounts and blacklisted the organization. It is not a stretch to think that industry groups could use the same sort of information, should they ever get their hands on it legally, in US courts as part of a civil or criminal trial.
      I’m not trying to insult or belittle anyone that does donate, quite the contrary in fact. I believe that, if the entertainment industry converted their business model to something like a mega-tracker like Demonoid, the gaping hole in their business model would vanish. Until then, sites like Demonoid, and other private and semi-public trackers, will have to depend, to some extent, on donations or a benefactor/owner to pay the server/bandwidth bills.
      What I was referring to in terms of p2p entities trying to cash out is companies (and the people therein) like Napster, limewire, PirateBay (to some extent), even megaupload to some extent (though their methods and operation was a bit different). In each of these cases, the entity effectively gave the US copyright police something to aim at due, mainly to the fact, that the owners and other employees tried to cash out, and go somewhat legit. On the other hand, Pirate Bay, Demonoid and others have reverted to, or stayed more of a collective with few paid and unpaid staff, and a site primarily run by the users for the users.
      This is not to say that they don’t deserve monetary rewards, or that they should not get them either. Its just that when they do start collecting assets, it does not last and there should be a better way of establishing, maintaining, and advocating for organizations like Demonoid who exist in the grey areas of legality but doubtlessly provide a benefit to society.
    - Lloyd Chetney
      
      I Love the universally respected part. I do agree. I fear the day will come when unwanted opposers from beyond the nether regions in masses. Fight against the universe and beyond from sharing, distributing and posting such amazing media. In such ways it would be considered terrorism. Acts of treason and so on. With increasingly serious punishments and threats. It may be universally enjoyed, but the day will come. Until then my interest will revolve around such sources until the path is worn raw.
  - Seven8Nine
    
    Cash donations only though. That will be hard to establish, but it is the only way for pirates to stay non traceable.
    On the other hand, about building up assets, if the owner of demonoid can prove he needs a certain amount of $$ for upgrading equipment or for other vital components that keep the site up and running, than just set up a temporary donation program.
    When the site is back up and running, noone needs to donate anymore and shouldn’t donate anymore.
    Although, I have been guilty on donating 5 bucks here and there to demonoid. Not sure what has happened with that money, but hoping it is still there ready to be used for these upgrades.
    - http://twitter.com/mattgrubb13 Matt Grubb
      
      Setup a PO box we can send cash to them!
  - Dd0723
    
    I would definitely donate to them to help them upgrade and bring back the best site EVER!!!!!!!!.
    I think I have $100 laying around…. ah yes, here it is… ready to go at the drop of a hat…
    Demonoid has always been there for us, now is time for us to be there for them.
TheDG

Demonoid, after the BBC the second most important media organisation in the world. Keep up the good work.
- Beans
  
  Wow, that is pretty impressive! Did not know that. Keep it up Demonoid!!! :-)
Xerxes

Miss you, Demoniod and all the community built up around your service. Hoping you’ll overcome this adversity and will be back up soon.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_DXETKB27LRUGNUW4UMFKUF56X4 jackham

HAHA you people are funny.
strangely_strange

Good news that it will return. It’s one of the few sites I’m happy to donate to. When they do enable donations, everyone give generously so they can make the servers as resilient as possible.
Johnsmith

Demonoid Get Well Soon, Miss You, Love You, Be Strong, Your Come Back Will Be Greater Than Ever! Hope The US Government didn’t have any thing to do with your sickness.
Wea1754

I,m one of your oldest members, ever since you began,good luck,can,t wait for you to back,,hope someone takes down the A hole that did this, there should be a bounty put on him
Anon

#Respect
Rifaulmen

We appreciate Demonoid
Jeff

The best are always a target. Keep up the good fight…..Miss you!
Stafooplz

Please setup a page with donations so we can donate a couple million to you.
daniel

demonoid you are the best would hate to see you go you are mutch needed by all LOVE DAN (im not gay)
- Guest
  
  Your homophobia is showing. Might want to pull back into that closet of yours.
  - posi x mosh
    
    LOL… I don’t have the ghey!!! I swear… LOL
- Turlock
  
  ppl who feel the need to state they are not gay usually are.
Rob

Demonoid is the best!!
Cannaspace

PLEASE LET USE DONATE TO HELP WITH STAFF AND UPDATING :)
WE WHAT TO HELP!!!
Ete

Dear Demonoid admin,

Thanks for all you do. Please take on whatever help you need to make certain the extraordinary service you created survives. On user data, I would much rather trash the temporary email addy Demonoid has on file for me, and see Demonoid continue to be the greatest source of information on the Internet this side of Wikipedia.
Roswell 1701

If all you want is today’s mainstream pop culture garbage, you can go to any hole-in-the-net torrent site. If, however, you want obscure cult stuff in every category and genre of media, Demonoid is the best and most diverse site that ever was or ever will be! All of you who have commented in this particular string have brought a tear to my eye, because the strings in the last few articles related to the Demonoid shutdown have been dominated by assholes who did nothing but complain about how boring they thought the site’s GUI was, or how an occasional torrent wasn’t added to their ratio, or how they had trouble with the search system… I have a message for all of those Leeches, Trolls, Spammers and Ignorant Noobs: F#%K YOU! The quality of a torrent site has nothing to do with 3D graphics or dancing icons, it’s all about the people who contribute to it. I love the Demonoid Community, not just because they produce and share the best torrents on the net, but because they enthusiastically share my personal, intellectual and creative media interests… Demonoid is more than a torrent site to me, it’s a way of life… I miss you, Demonoid, get well soon!
- SubgeniusD
  
  Agreed. Did most of my torrenting with Demonoid and out of respect for the community always follow the 2:2 rule - seed all d/ls to ratio 2 or for 2 weeks. That’s minimum.
  - Roswell 1701
    
    Nice! Good for you. SEED ‘TILL IT BLEEDS! And, if you’re a member of The Church Of The Subgenius, PRAISE BOB!
    - http://zombo.com zarathustra
      
      SLACK or Die! =]
Brsunshine

Demonoid is ok,but it makes me laugh how many people think public sites rule.Anyone that is serious about quality,content,and virus free torrents will use a private site.Most public sites are tracked anyway.Dont think your 20 dollar/month VPN will save your butt.
LeoWanker

How fragile our little torrenting world is. Plenty of C grade torrent sites but very few with a great community. Demonoid had the community which makes all the difference.

Also beats the hell out of those arrogant private trackers who flog their “community” to obey the master.

We miss you Demonoid! How can we donate?
Brsunshine

There are plenty of great private sites,you just have to be smart enough to get a free leach account.I have free leached for a year now.
- jntlesnev5o7zysa.onion
  
  You are in the company of filesharers, and you brag about being a leech..?
Kaizouku

Love this admin because he/she takes user privacy serious it’s a rare these days.
someguyyoudontknow

I hope DDoS gets hacked and they destroy all their stuff. Im stuck with pirate bay witch i hate.
Jasperpie

Do as the charity group did recently and appeal for anonymous to help find the culprit. we faithful users will wait!!
Spineofsnow

This guy is a hero.
DougLund

Any Demonoid user expressing anything other than support are ungrateful fucks who don’t deserve to use it in the first place. Take your leeching somewhere else: No one will miss you *when* Demonoid is back online.
- Goatstaog
  
  indeed. I share on Demonoid. I get great feedback and support. I tried that on TPB once and in 2 days I had 100 leechers and 2 seeders.
hormel delata

demonoid rocks! it’s the bestest and most intelligent site ever when it comes to torrent choices
- Oobelaeta
  
  Surely you meant “best and mostest intelligent”, no?
Ruel Celerio

Demonoid please don’t die! You’re the only demon that I love. :=P
Jenkinswaker

i ‘m missing you so much please don’t rush.i’m just glad you will be back.thank you for letting know
Pland

Could donating money do anything to help the admininistrator(s) solve this problem more quickly? A bet a lot of us would be willing.
- Goatstaog
  
  it would help, but re-read the article.
Beyou_509

I MISS YOU D
Commensalate

Your supporters have spoken and are willing to pledge their resources to rebuild Demonoid. Perhaps, torrentfreak could act as a liaison to allow the Demonoid community to provide make contributions?
Jagra67

I miss Demonoid, but I can wait for a better and more secure site;

Until then, wish you (all at Demonoid) sucess at the big task you´re engaging!

Godspeed
Lllorando

I love you, Demonoidy! You’re definitely the best I’ve found. Will miss you a lot till you get back. I know you’ll come back stronger.
bubu

Whyle waiting for Demonoid to be back I tried some private sites, they suck!!! I have more books than they have…Demonoid is the best for ebooks and have a great community. I miss you !!!!
Jam

demonoid is my life. I don’t buy/spend money on newspaper, TV, movies ( I can’t afford them anymore). I just wait for things to show up on demonoid and enjoy them. So demonoid down means life is empty, please come back soon. You are only beacon of hope for us guys.
schlucht

goodonya! keep going! we all count on you! I am n “old” person… well in my late60th… I LOVE YOU!
Goosmoo

yaaay!!! /happydance
VOLCOMLEADER

Demonoid you were my lifeline…you are a lot of peoples lifeline.. ill be patiently waiting for your return… we all will… keep up the work… youve had your ups and downs but youve always fought back… dont give up on us… because we never gave up on you… and never will…

DEMONOID = GREATEST WEBSITE EVER MADE…

COME ON PEOPLE LETS GET THIS S*** GOING…
Oshi

even if it take months ..if site will be properly back i will take it
till then will have to make do with some other sites most of thingsl ike tv,movies are not a problem but some flac music and lots of books ,animes were specialty of demonoid :)
Guest

Could Demonoid post some kind of Paypal account and a plea for new hardware on the web site.
- http://www.facebook.com/albie.fraser.1 Albie Fraser
  
  paypal’s banned them
http://www.facebook.com/albie.fraser.1 Albie Fraser

Here’s part of the reason Demonoid’s in such a mess,it’s about the only site left that ALLOWS,in some cases,over 100 torrents of the same file.Next time it’s up just search for a popular movie,TV show ect many,many have over 1 page of torrents,50 torrents per page,some 2 pages ect.The staff won’t or are unable to do anything about it.On most other sites only upgrades are allowed and then only with permission
Killer

We love Demonoid and we can wait. Find the hacker and give him over to Balotelli. Gattuso alarm is optional.
KintheUK

Your the greatest. CXan we not donate to help you….??

K. in the UK
Asalwfa

we love you very much and we missed you lot don’t give up demonoid the best website in the world
vessto

OMG!!! I breath easier now!! I love you, Demonoid!!!! Yup, I’m from the new members (around one year since registered) and this was a huge shock for me!!! I will wait for you patiently!
Jon Jay

Anything good is worth waiting for & you’re the best!
Drevil

Good to hear. I miss Demonoid. I hardly ever needed any other torrent site than Demonoid. Now I have to search several of them to find what I want only to find the slowest seeds ever.

But take your time Demonoid, it’s better to be safe than sorry indeed.
Pandyandy13

I donate to Demonoid and I will gladly do that again!
Cheers and good luck Demonoid!
Demonoid User

Demonoid come back soon
Dahlsal

miss you demoniod hope to see you soon. will donate if needed
Sherryzandonatti

Waiting with no problem if it’s a problem to you then you’re not very loyal anyway…Thanks demonoid
ZC

DEMONOID, we will all be here and waiting for your return! Best torrent site out there, at least for me – and i will NEVER swap! Demonoid has provide me with all my elearning materials - and I thank you for the knowledge you have shared with me!

Please come back soon – ill be waiting :)

~~
Knowledge is power
~~
Anonymous

I’d like to know if they plan on taking legal action against the idiot scammers that defaced their site to host malware (which is illegal, unlike ‘piracy)
ST

Can we send $ to help?
- Missing ‘Noid
  
  That is my thoughts too. I would need some method that protects my identity. In the past protecting privacy at both ends has been difficult. Perhaps a scheme whereby we purchased overpriced 8 track tapes….
Massmoneymarketing

the best part is instead of giving into the hackers they just said,”you know what…Down time. That was the right thing to do. Thanks Big :D For Keeping us all safe!
Boom

Demonoid we miss you, the southen portion of africa misses you.
Everyone’s A Writer

I love how on Demonoid your search keyword also searches descriptions and NOT JUST titles if you want. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve found an obscure comic in a large megapack. That’s one area TPB and many others really suck.

Although Demonoid only recognizes the ISP I DL from and not the one I upload from, I know that I’m meeting my end of the bargain and the community aspect is stellar there.
Everyone’s A Writer

The biggest bummer is that there are a lot of Go-To users on Demonoid. Certain people who always uploaded quality in certain categories that you could always rely on. Many of them posted exclusively on Demonoid and there’s no way to guess what site they might be using in the downtime, if any at all.
- http://www.facebook.com/albie.fraser.1 Albie Fraser
  
  I’ve been uploading right from Demonoid’s start,last downtime I uped on Kickass,Torrentzap and Mininova,this time round I’m not uploading anywhere else.
  - Everyone’s A Writer
    
    I don’t blame you. I’m just trying to remind myself how exciting it will be when there are weeks (months?) of downloads uploaded at once and a plethora of new torrents to get!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1498393761 Rob Hale

My only experience with a site other than Demonoid was that I got a virus on the VERY FIRST thing I downloaded – the keygen was a trojan that f**ked my system up for months! Since then, I have ONLY used the Noid, and it is the ONLY site I will EVER use. If it doesn’t come back, I will be done downloading. That said, I know they will be back before long, and I anxiously await their return. I was a paying member every month that there was a donate button available, and I will continue to donate, as long as it is possible to do so. What is ten or twenty bucks a month, when you think of the money saved over buying everything at retail? Don’t get me wrong – I buy a lot dvds and books, even cds, because I want the original for my library, but lots of times I lose or loan out my copy of something, and then I feel no guilt for downloading a copy of something i have already paid for. I do this all the time, and I know a lot of you do the same. Nobody is getting hurt from this filesharing thing. It is just the rich bastards whining that they aren’t getting richer that bugs the crap out of me. Come on! How many millions do you actually need? 20? 50? 100? 500? Let me tell you something, mr. Millionaire, I am disabled with an evil chronic disease (Ankylosing Spondylitis) that is incurable, painful, and progressive – I am on a fixed income of less than $800 per month (US dollars) and I STILL manage to pay full price for a few albums or movies every year – I think you should lighten up your grip on that big pile of money you have, and let people like me have a little bit of the good life, even if it means I am not turning over a big chunk of my check every month so that you can increase the pile of money in your coffers. Face it – people are still buying your products, even though some folk are getting them for free – and you are not suffering because of it. Leave us the hell alone, and find a nice charity somewhere to donate some of that money that is making you into an evil miserly scrooge character. You will feel a lot better by helping out your fellow man than you will by spending a bunch of your money trying to get back a little bit that is leaking out through the internet. Lighten up your grip on that money pile, you guys!!!! Okay, rant over.

Rob
- http://zombo.com zarathustra
  
  Sandboxie is your keygen-executing friend…
  
  HTH =]
Bob

I am gutted. I felt that Demonoid was I close friend of mine.
Jeipii006

SLAP THE DEMONOID ATTACKER BY IN THE BALLS……. WE MISS YOU DEMONOID OU ARE THE BEST..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LUIS

HOPE YOU MAKE A QUICK RECOVERY DEMONOID. WE MISS YOU AND NO DOUBT THAT YOU ARE THE BEST.!!!!!!! .. SO SLAP DDoS IN THE BALLS.!!!!!!!! AND COME BACK SOON….
skopas

better late then never…
Zolopat321

demonoid rules Simple as that.

Thank you very much, for the administration.
Jkpdbnlbsg

demonoid is lifeline for me. Come soon.
Darren Stanaway

Will keep on trying to log on, will be sadly missed for the short term! Long Live demonoid
http://www.facebook.com/aogaga Agi Ogaga Fidelis

Love you guys at Demonoid….Would like to make a donation to support you guys in financing the purchase of some new hardware to upgrade your current infrastructure. Cant wait for you guys to get back online.
Bubba

This is like losing a good friend! :-( That is ok, we can wait for your return! If anything is needed – let us know! You have a more-than-willing community.

May the axx who did this be cursed with multiple, incurable hemorrhoids.
Cujo

not the beta version >> yuk!! ,, what about the rest of you guys ,, you like the beta version?? ,, I don’t
conspiracy

beta ver sucks.. the layout and the colours washed out so harder on old eyes and the functionality like trackers, report abuse in pms,
vips not needed a gotcha code to upload, uploader being able to comment on own torrent without entering a code which times out
or is wrong cos its cached, comments not showing up and
then many dups appearing, and so on

was nothing wrong with the old site.. what they needed to fix is the tracker stats and counting all the seeds from the whole list

beta doesnt have update tracker button option either which is needed
as when adding new external torrents it would say 0 seeders when it has many
babaji

maybe they should change the name to daemonoid, to be less demonic. I never really liked their name… : )
- conspiracy
  
  the site was named after the guy who first made the site
  they just add oid on the end of his name
  - http://www.facebook.com/albie.fraser.1 Albie Fraser
    
    wrong,Deimos was his name.
    - conspiracy
      
      LOL
      
      as the wiki says
      In Greek mythology, Deimos (Ancient Greek: ??????, pronounced [dê?mos], meaning “dread”) was the personification of terror.
      
      and you dont see how they got his name to mean demon
      with oid on the end? ODD
- slitlily
  
  So you’re cool with pirating things but something with ‘demon’ in the name bothers you?
boss

If we can help just say how
Gustine

As a many-year donator, I was disappointed that the admins/owners couldn’t find any way to transfer donation funds–or figured that ads would be more lucrative so screw all the contributors—therefore the overwhelming ads regime in the last year or so…

Maybe the current CWIC (Cat What’s In Charge) will figure out how to accept donations from us who are willing to put up 10-20-30 dollars/month for what we had….
conspiracy

you think the beta site was on a different new server box already though wouldnt you ready for the switch over.. this would of been for early switch over.. even having it host on a different ip in a different country would of made even more sense.. espc if other was ddos
fayt666

to be honest deminoid has 2 ips as i know of.

http://62.149.24.69/
http://62.149.24.67/
im not tech savy but know tiny bit.
and to be honest seen as all data uploaded by users. it would be good idea to have backup sheet website as a clean slate. but sites like this are not that easy. even if they can revert there site to th basics. everything people upload wouldnt be included. it is all stored in a server. if server bugged then they have to work out kinks in server.

then again who knows but demonoid is doin what right leakin there server to a stranger gives a opening to being perminatly shutdown. i say it may take long time but when his other techs who he worked with hears wind. knowin them they may take break and try help. or we will need to use another site for few months till time comes.
conspiracy

the database could be one another server and shared between the 2 servers if in the same room on 2 different ips though

but I dont think people care.. instant up on new box with clean db
so uploaders can add new shows as they air as old ones already had been got.
and at some point mirgrate the records from other across in a future maintenance to bring back the old torrents
http://www.facebook.com/albie.fraser.1 Albie Fraser

The comments here suggest that Demonoid is run by several persons,not true,there is only one,I repeat one person trying to fix it.He is seeking help from persons he knows but as he said they’re not immediately available.Seeing that Deimos handed the site over to him he should ask him for help,after all he built the site.
Mrchevman468

oh hell bad news waiting for the return!!! good luck!
xpmule

WOW i need to start a torrent site. can’t believe how many donation offers in this topic here so far lol

The best ?
NO.

For one thing the uploaders have no rules at all.
They can upload anything for any reason even with a poor title
or bad description.

The UI / search interface sucks ass.. search results suck.

3rd Party torrent uploads should not be allowed just makes it messy / confusing

The site colors font and font size are aweful !
I find it rather difficult to scroll down reading topic titles

I think you guys are fucked in the head.
The site is nothing special at all.

Create some clear release rules, improve the search results, fix the
the ui color layout / fonts etc and maybe we can start bragging that demonoid is the best place on earth..

Bottom line is if it was so great i would use it, but my account there has been
used a few times over the years. can’t be bothered.
It doesn’t offer anything you can’t find elsewhere
and bear in mind the torrents uploaded to demonoid are spread around anyway. So you can see them at places like Bitsnoop or IsoHunt, so..
- http://twitter.com/bohemianroxie rosanna morris
  
  Wrong..
  You can’t find all they had everywhere else. Maybe with movies… I don’t do film…But they had the greatest selection of everything else..well seeded..categorized well…and not glitchy with malware like everywhere else.
  There are other things in the world to download besides movies and music …and Demonoid had the best of everything.
  I’d donate in a minute if I could. Nobody beats them!
- slitlily
  
  Yeah good luck finding one one-hundredth of the quality e-books Demonoid has on any five other sites combined.
  
  The color scheme and layout aren’t spectacular, but they’re not cumbersome, either. No one goes to the site for aesthetically pleasing gazing. Anyway, you’re fucking stealing things. Do you expect to buy some stolen car speakers from a shop in a fancy, high-end outdoor mall, or out of the back of some guy’s truck? You’re just looking for ‘reasons’ to call it inferior.
Phuqit

Like waiting for a beloved girlfriend to come home from a trip, I’ll be waiting faithfully for my Demonoid.
Phuqit

Of course, this massive DDoS attack, along with the one upon Pirate Bay, are the result–without doubt–of cyberweapons deployed by BMI/RIAA with perhaps some US Gov’t input. After Stuxnet & Flame, does anyone doubt that? Blaming it upon Anonymous is a smokescreen for the sheeple…I can make that assertion with certainty–if you get my drift. I’m thinking that Eugene Kapersky and his ex-KGB buds must know something also.
- Albiefraser
  
  Funny that people here support Anonymous,and when someone else does it,it’s a crime. Anonymous’s actions actually put lives at risk.
  - slitlily
    
    A lot of people view Anonymous as “on their side” and freedom fighting vigilantes, instead of an ever-changing pack of nerds who yell “LET’S FUCK SHIT UP,” and then mash around on the keyboard for a bit. They ignore the times Anon doesn’t do things they like, and remember the times they do things that align with their political/moral beliefs.
    
    Having said that, I can’t see anyone involved with Anon doing this. Unless Demonoid banned terrible anime porn sharing.
- http://profile.yahoo.com/ZNPZ2D5IAII7ZHROFQARQYXIEE A Cat.
  
  Using the word Sheeple automatically takes away any credibility you may have started with.
  - Phuqit
    
    Excuse me for using a choice of vernacular that everyone recognizes as shorthand for those unthinking masses of folks who let others decide their behavior with no questions. I believe that it’s easier to use one slang word that communicates an idea, rather than a paragraph of adjectival drivel. Making assumptions/judgments about my credibility, or lack of it, based upon my use of a recognized pronoun for the mass of the unthinking, uncritical, followers of trends and predetermined, pre-programmed group behaviors–without individual analysis or though–just must’ve hit a sore spot with you. I apologize if I offended any ovine sensitivities out there. Baaaaaah!
    - Mugwump20
      
      Did you swallow a dictionary?? :-)
Phuqit

I’d advise everyone to remove all Kapersky, Symantec, and Norton software from their machines IMMEDIATELY…there are products like AVG & ClamX that are free and better.
TROUBLEDSOLUTIONS

well well well …for all you cheap mofo’s that have used demonoid for days, months or years why not offer donation to the admin to offset the cost of getting OUR site back up a lil more quickly instead of him digging into his own pockets for your benifit. we all use it we all should HELP…. NOW LETS SEE ALL THE LOVE YOU ALL HAVE FOR “DEMONOID” —————–
- Albiefraser
  
  They are unable to receive donations,all the companies like Paypal has banned Demonoid.
  - TROUBLEDSOLUTIONS
    
    HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF WESTERN UNION?
    - Albiefraser
      
      they,also won’t do it
    - lee
      
      Right,they’ll have to give their bank details ect,this won’t do.
Weej

I doubt the Demonoid guy will read this but:
PLEASE Demonoid Do whatever is needed to make it easier on yourselves! Go the PirateBay route with Magnet links only – if it can lessen their load (and allows them to more easily distribute, and setup their torrents) then I’m sure you can benefit from the same! I’d rather face a few inconveniences as a user than to have my favorite source of books /magazines etc removed entirely!
- strangely_strange
  
  Some of us have NAS torrent clients which don’t use magnet links, so we’d be stuffed.
Starchild

Yes,we all love you Demonoid because now its so hard to find a site with trustworthy torrents.
pinky

http://torrential.ws/account-signup.php
lippy

http://www.twilights.org/signup.php
ElyarSohill

love demonoid..like my mom…!! lol… We are always waiting for you…!

respect..demonoid
Aki kumar

Demonoid is awyaz….. rocking
Lee

It should stay down until all the problems are fixed.
Kraeton

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Demonoid will rise again!
Ramesh

Hi,

Is there any other alternatives to demonoid which has good number of torrents for ebooks etc and also has the user friendliness like demonoid. ie, can search for many sub categories language, genre etc… i could not find one. I do use piratebay, but it does not have such feature.
slitlily

Obviously the solution is to donate via Bitcoins.
CatstastropheKate

I know scenetime has opened registration to Demonoid Refugees…

ANYONE else know of any other comparable invitation only torrent sites doing the same?
- Kahman78
  
  Where did you see that? I would be interested in that!
Rip-off-schools

Fuk the USA and all its ‘lackies’.
THe USA is now a fascist country filled with those who dare not even breathe without permission.

Land of the free, hoome of the brave… my ar.s*! Home of the sickoes more like.
I truly hat*e the fkrs
- Andrew Lee
  
  If you think it’s only the USA you’re blind.
Rip-off-schols

More power to Demonoid and all like her.

Power to the people!

Governments should be afraid of their people not the people afraid of any governement.
Demahime

miss u so much
Smackdaddy167

I used a friends username and pass for 2 years patiently waiting for my own account. Once I got my own, I maintained a 4 to 1 ratio. It was not hard to do. A small price for the money saved. I’ve been with Demonoid for 7 years anyway, and I never recieved any Malware,trojans,or any other BS from a single torrent I recieved. Demonoid is the bomb. I will wait patiently for its return. If it is doomed, then my days of downloading are finished. That is my tribute to the greatest file sharing site that ever was. Hope to see you back, but worst case, thanks to the admin, and the greatest community ever to grace my monitor.
Nope.jpg

http://www.zdnet.com/demonoid-busted-by-the-police-7000002208/
umadbros
Jaylondon

I will wait for demonoid im a loyal user! Admin take your time! Good things are worth waiting for
Tronix-man1

doubt it will be back now its been taken by the gov and charges laying on him… even though the server was really a blog that had no copyright data on it govs can do as they please it seems
http://www.facebook.com/Lucidmike78 Michael Ma

This will probably pave the way to a dozen new sites like demonid, looking to capitalize on someone’s loss.
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Dr.MengelYa

I tend to use demonoid for a lot of random and really obscure things but I think that only once was there not a single upload for what I was looking for but I never found it at all in fact I’m still looking and I don’t think an upload exists. I have been a member plenty long it’s not the first time I haven’t had access but the pain is unbearable but I will hold on I’ll sign in as soon as it’s back up and go on a spree, Good luck and god speed Demonoid
- Lol
  
  lol
Phuqit

Starting price for this fascist attack upon Demonoid, gifted to the USA as a policy bribe by the Ukrainian government?

http://www.zdnet.com/anonymous-attacks-ukrainian-government-after-demonoid-bust-7000002348/
HomerSimpsons

Go and do your worst to them.
Freedomofspeech

they killed one of us we should kill one of them.
Cptkink

Well worth waiting for :-) There is no other site like Demoniod-
- Burrhead_3
  
  demenoid.com,demenoid.net,demenoid.org,demenoid.me,demneoid.ph up for sale at Sedo http://www.sedo.com/search/searchresult.php4?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us
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Idilmidil

I really really miss demonoid. Its selection in ebooks and audiobooks were perfect. I have not found any site that can even compare with it….I feel a great void in my life. I will of course wait till it gets back on line. When it comes back, I will also donate since I realized it has become such an integral part of my daily life. I feel a bit at a loss frankly. I had felt as bad when they shut down gigapedia.
tmc8080

Seems unlikely demonoid will be back if the admin is auctioning off the domiain names.. What will it be next?
Www Foamy

http://www.itproportal.com/2012/08/13/demonoid-domain-names-up-for-sale-following-busts/
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namaedesuka

we love demonoid.
- Asashii
  
  loved, past tense
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demonoidlover

Fuck you all…who are against demonoid…People never tolerate , free sharing…..I dont have any words for those———- who did this to demonoid( my love)
demonoidlover

Please say if any donation required…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

http://www.facebook.com/

I could really use an invite to another decent site for comic books and movies, demonoid has been my #1 for years…
Msudell

Any word on when it will be back up???
Vara

We Love Demonoid ……….. and we MISS You…………..
http://www.facebook.com/juungle.beaast Juungle Beaast

Demonoid was real land of happiness for all of us when seeking apps, tutorials or whatever leechers seek, for all these packages that I downloaded from Demonoid valuable softs and tutorials (of which I’ve made a backup…), I say Thanks Demonoid for every single Byte and every single Bit that I got……and thanks for the seeders, it made me really sad to see all that community seeders and leechers around these useful stuff, all take apart, I hope that Demonoid will be back as a free portal to knowledge with no arrogant financial boundaries- notice that a copy fo microsoft visual studio 2010 ultimate edition costs over 13,000.00$ it’s true that developing such a software is to expensive and complicated BUT one should mention that making a copy of it and generating a random license key costs less than a dollar? why one earth would it cost 13000 times and not 500$ for ex? the reason is that such companies are predominantly owning all the market and imposing their arrogantly shocking prices denying the average customer access to it in order to make more profit more and more, what I’m saying applies to software engineering and not the intellectual property of books, Thanks Demonoid removing such boundaries
The great 1

I loved demonoid, too bad its down for a while now. I hope it gets back soon. Waiting for its revival. :)

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