I’m one of the many who’ve followed pretty much every one of Demonoid’s attempts at rebirth after a shutdown for copyright or other reasons, so when I saw a notice from some very generous members of Demonoid’s community that said they were bringing the service back as Demonoid2 or D2, I was more than a little curious. And more than a little teeny tiny bit skeptical. Apparently, with good reason–for the few minutes it was actually online, it was malware. But, because it amused me anyway, have the email I received in its barely edited entirety (links need fixing, y’know). If you got a similar email and thought about doing the clicky clicky, 1: good on you for not (you didn’t, right?). And 2: it’s deader than dead now, so clicking on it’s safe. Where safe = “This page cannot be displayed”. And now, because I can, the “Welcome to your new Demonoid!!!!!” email.
From: admin@d2-gatekeeper.net
Sent: May 8, 2013 12:25 AM
To: my@email.removed (I hate spam)
Subject: Demonoid rises from the ashes at lastDear Demonoid Community Member,
We have all read the same news stories: The Demonoid servers shut down and seized in the Ukraine. The Demonoid admin team detained in Mexico. The demonoid.me domain snatched and put up for sale. The Demonoid trackers back online in Hong Kong, but then disappearing.
We all wanted to believe that Demonoid would be resurrected once again; but it seems that these events have spelled the end of Demonoid as we have always known it. We all waited to see if Demonoid would return, though its now clear that this time its really gone.
Now for some good news: The heart and soul of Demonoid lives on! Through an amazing sequence of unlikely events, the data on those Ukrainian servers has made its way into the safe hands of members of our community and has now been re-launched as d2.vu
Invitations to return are being sent out only to existing Demonoid members, which is the reason you have received this email. For the foreseeable future d2.vu will remain a semi-private site and no new invitations to join will be issued until we are certain that the system is stable. To login, click here and authenticate using your old Demonoid username and password.
Demonoid may be gone, but the community lives on at d2! Welcome home!
Sincerely,
admin
2 responses to “Piracy, with a side of malware.”
We’re glad you didn’t fall for this malware trick. Please encourage all of your readers to report software piracy to us. We can make sure it doesn’t happen again. https://nopiracy.net/WfTtBD
Three things here, right quick. First off, software piracy? You did read the post, right?
Second, I’ve been meaning to update this post for a while–I really need to be more prompt on that. Oh well, a comment works just as well. And I officially stand corrected–folks just thought it was serving up malware. Happens all the time.
And finally, waitasec. You expect me to report someone for piracy? Me? As in, that me? Somebody really needs to know their market just a little. But, hey–thanks for dropping by. If nothing else, you provided me with motivation to finally post that update I’ve been meaning to get to.