Why is the social network VKontakte not working. The largest outages. Unavailability of individual services
Social media addiction is considered one of the most serious "cyber diseases". Every day, tens of millions of users around the globe visit their personal accounts, chatting with friends, discussing the latest events in the world. Social networks have become so tightly embedded in our lives that it already seems unusual to spend a day without even looking there for a second. According to statistics, only the social network "VKontakte" in Russia is used daily by about 30% of the population.
Therefore, it can be argued that human life is impossible without social networks. Many may deny this, but they will never agree to an experiment in which they will be isolated from communication on the Internet. Although this happens involuntarily for a reason beyond the control of people - VKontakte stops working. This can happen for various reasons, but it always causes a violent reaction from the audience of the social network. So, let's try to figure out why "VK" does not work.
How does VK work?
For many, this social network- just a means of communication, and they rarely thought about the principles of its work. Nevertheless, it is worth giving the debt to the developers, because the project is working quite stably, despite the huge number of requests (about 200 billion per day). VKontakte servers are located in four data centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and their number is estimated at approximately ten thousand, with a colossal load on everything.
An interesting fact is that about 10 hard drives, on which user information is stored, but thanks to the data duplication system, it is possible to avoid losses. Sometimes it happens that the "VK" page does not work for the reason that information about it was stored on the disk that was damaged. However, after the specialists of the data center replace it, the operability is restored.
Reasons for the unavailability of "VK"
There may be several reasons why VK does not work. Due to the sustainability of the project, they are mainly related to problems with the user himself - this happens more often than system failures. For example, there was a disconnection. You can diagnose this by trying to load any other website. In this case, you need to find out the reason for the suspension of Internet access. It happens that "VK" does not work now because the site itself was added to the black base for the filter. As a rule, this happens at workplaces and in institutions, since the employer deliberately prohibits employees from accessing those sites that may distract him from business. Sometimes it happens that everything is in order, but the site still does not load. If in this case "VK" does not work, what should I do? To find out the real reason, just visit other social networks. The failure of VKontakte to work is such a "landmark" event that news about it spreads extremely quickly. In this case, you just have to wait.
Unavailability of individual services
It so happens that, for example, video recording or music in VK does not work. This happens due to the loss of communication with the servers that contain this type of content. So, in the fall of 2014, many users experienced problems with the reproduction of most audio recordings. Many believed that this was due to the announcement of the leadership on the fight against piracy. However, this turned out to be only a guess. The real reason was that the Moscow data center was replacing the media that contained audio and video content. As a rule, it is for this reason that one or another section of the "VK" is unavailable.
Suspending the operation of peripheral programs
Many people install special add-ons for VKontakte, which give more opportunities for using the social network - plugins. Various video and audio downloaders and browser add-ons that allow you to chat while browsing sites are very popular. It often happens that VK Saver does not work. What to do in this case? The number one tip is to reinstall the add-on. There are errors in the system that block the operation of the program, which can be corrected by reinstalling the component.
It may also be a matter of updating the version when the old one becomes irrelevant. If after the procedures described above, the plug-in does not function, then perhaps the problem is in the browser. It should also be reinstalled by checking compatibility with Adobe flash Player, the problems of which, by the way, can also be one of the reasons why the music in "VK" does not work. However, now there are many analogues of any programs, so if one does not work, then the other will work.
Stopping work "VKontakte"
There will always be reasons for the inaccessibility of a social network, because malfunctions mean tens of thousands of dollars lost for the company. Why doesn't VK work? In most cases, this is due to the loss of communication between servers and users' computers, namely, if this is due to the company, then the fault lies with the provider providing communication services for VKontakte.
Sometimes problems are with the master servers responsible for the overall functioning of the system. Such problems are eliminated quickly enough, because the condition of the equipment is constantly monitored by specialists. There are also deliberate shutdowns of servers in order to avoid more serious breakdowns. For example, in the summer of 2014, during the heat wave, several main servers of the social network were turned off. In this case, whether "VK" would work depended on weather conditions.
Signs of inoperability "VKontakte"
When a social network is about to stop working, signals appear that indicate malfunctions. This happens because a separate server is responsible for each segment of the system, and, basically, only one breaks down, and the rest continue to function for some time. The service staff notices the malfunction, turns off all other servers, fixes the breakdown and restarts the machines. Rarely problems can be solved without turning off the power. For example, if you notice that messages or any other data are missing, this means that VK is not working, and now it will be turned off.
Mobile application "VK"
The VKontakte mobile application for various platforms can be considered one of the most popular programs in the Markets. It is used by millions of people every day, so the stoppage of its work will not go unnoticed either. A separate group of servers is responsible for it, which has a connection with the main ones. Therefore, it often happens that the application does not work, but everything is in order with the site version. Nevertheless, such breakdowns have a local scale, therefore, if VK does not work, today its operability will be restored. Perhaps the problem is in the version of the program itself. To do this, it is recommended to update it from the platform's official app store. Sometimes the speed of the Internet does not allow downloading data, in which case it is necessary to test it on other sites. If they open well, and the data in the application does not load, it means that it is not working. You need to wait a bit and try to log in again. Usually, the work is adjusted within two to three hours.
What to do if you can't log into your VK account
If VK does not work, what to do in such a situation? First you need to make sure that network connection on your computer, and if it is in order, then try to enter the site through an anonymizer - a special site that allows you to change your IP address and bypass the filter. If it works, then the problem is that the site has been added to the unwanted list. To solve this problem, contact or the person who installed the filter. If this does not help, then you should contact the official representative of VKontakte on Twitter. There, the administration promptly posts information about the unavailability of the site and the estimated recovery time. Problems with mobile application may be caused by the unavailability of its servers, which will also be reported on the official Twitter of the organization. In this case, you can try to access the social network through mobile browsers.
The largest outages
Recently, the site did not stop working for a long time, and there were few questions as to why VK was not working. The last outage was recorded on January 24, 2015 at approximately 8 pm Moscow time. The summer shutdown due to abnormal heat can be considered the largest in recent years. Then VKontakte was turned off for a little less than a day to give the equipment a break and create a small cooling system. Nowadays, the site crashes once or twice a month, but this was not always the case. During the period of rapid development of the project, when the audience grew exponentially, VK was switched off several times a day, after which a decision was made to expand the technical base.
Conclusion
So, we figured out why the VKontakte site is sometimes unavailable. Due to the fact that this is a very large system, it is rather difficult to keep track of every little thing, therefore failures occur from time to time. Sometimes they are given by peripheral programs, for example, if VK Saver does not work, but this has nothing to do with the social network. However, if "VK" does not work, now in service centers will be engaged in its adjustment and soon access will be restored. In any case, the inaccessibility of the project for many is a big disappointment, although this is wrong, because we have time to relax and do more important things, for example, walks and hobbies. As its creator, Pavel Durov, advised, one should not allow virtual communication to replace the real one. Probably, his departure from the project is associated with a rethinking of some of the values of life. As he stated in his last interview, what he created will sooner or later absorb him.
And then you found out that "IN CONTACT" does not open ....
What to do? Why is the V Kontakte website not working?
First, check the spelling of the login and password (login, if you have not changed it, is your mobile phone number, which you specified during registration). Maybe you have a key pressed CAPS-lock or the wrong keyboard layout is enabled. You can try to type your password in any text editor and copy it into the "PASSWORD" column. If it does not help, then there may be several reasons why you cannot enter "CONTACT".The site does not load at all. Not a single "IN CONTACT" page opens.
- Try accessing the site from a different internet browser: Google chrome, Firefox, Opera.
- A virus blocking access to your social page... The most common error is 404. Where did you get it? Opened an incomprehensible link received in a personal message "IN CONTACT" or posted on the wall. Downloaded a program that has nothing to do with "V Kontakte", although the name of the program had or is something related to a social network, from a site, such as TOPICS FOR YOUR PAGE "IN CONTACT" or SOFTWARE FOR DOWNLOADING VIDEO OR AUDIO FROM "IN CONTACT", for boosting ratings and votes and the like,
ATTENTION! YOU MUST BE A COMPUTER ADMINISTRATOR!
If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7, it may be difficult to open this file. Then you need to execute:
Start - All Programs - Notepad (Click right click mouse) - Run with administrator rights.
In the opened notepad: File - Open and open the hosts file in the above path.
We enter in the explorer in the search VK.exe or vkontakte.exe(application), if something is found, then delete it.
And one more thing: download the free Dr. Web CureIt (it does not require installation, it does not conflict with the already installed antivirus) and be sure to run a full scan. This program perfectly copes with viruses associated with social networks and blocking sites, including "V Kontakte" and "Odnoklassniki".
And do not forget to change your password when you enter the V Kontakte website again.
How to protect yourself from viruses?
It is almost impossible to protect yourself 100% from viruses. But…- Don't click on suspicious links, even if they come from friends or family.
- Do not go to suspicious or questionable sites.
- Create 2 users. Administrator and User. And log in as a User. The fact is that 99% of PC owners log in under the Admin. And the administrator can do everything. Consequently, when virus attacks go to a computer, the OS thinks that the administrator is doing this and allows this or that program or malicious code to run. And if you are logged in as a regular user, then your rights are accordingly limited. And if, as a result of a virus attack, any attempts are made to change something in the registry, install a malicious software, paralyze the operation of the system, then they are denied access.
The "LOG IN" page has opened, but it is not possible to enter MY PAGE IN CONTACT.
- First, check the spelling of your username and password. The CAPS-lock key was probably pressed or the wrong layout was enabled.
- Check your system clock. It is impossible to get to many sites if your time is not synchronized.
- Check the Cookies settings of the browser, in particular in Opera, both in the general settings of the program and in the settings for “IN CONTACT. Should be set to "Always accept", and not otherwise. Clear Cookies and Cache. Restart your browser.
- You have been blocked by the administrators of the V Kontakte social network. But then when you try to enter, the date and time will be indicated, with the onset of which you will be able to enter the page again.
YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED!
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Can't go to the Vkontakte website? Does it not load or open? So, in this article detailed manual to solve problems with access to the largest social network in Russia.
Vkontakte fell
It happens sometimes. These may be problems with VKontakte servers, or some new functions are being tested. Sometimes it happens that VKontakte works, but it is terribly buggy, images are not loaded, etc. In this case, you just have to wait and hope that the problem will be solved soon.
Usually, the next fall of VKontakte is accompanied by a bunch of relevant requests on the network. Therefore, if you go to Google Trends, you can immediately understand that VKontakte does not work not only for you.
Your browser is causing problems
Some plush browsers cannot read markup properly. This will not happen if you are using popular browsers. But if you are an exotic lover and use, for example, the Arora browser, then from time to time you will come across all sorts of bugs.
Solution: try to go to the site "VKontakte" with.
The virus replaces the page
The first warning sign: you enter your password and phone / mail, and you get an error or nothing happens at all. Or they insolently ask for money or send SMS to gain access. In this case, you have clearly caught the virus. And if in the first case your password was hijacked, then in the second case it will be thrown for money.
In most cases, the virus replaces the file hosts, which is responsible for domains and their binding to ip-addresses. To "cure" it, you need to go to system folder, Where is he located: C: / Windows / system32 / drivers / etc.
We go into this folder and find the Hosts file. Open it with notepad and delete all text from the Hosts file. We save - we try to enter the "contact" again.
The bottom line is that, by default, the hosts file contains a text about how to work with it and other information that we do not need. But there should usually be nothing at the end of this text. If it says something like "vk.com xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", where x is the ip-address of the ransomware site. Those. you can delete this line and everything will be fine. But nothing terrible will happen if you delete all the text, because the default text will then be automatically restored there, but the viral entry is gone.
Cool virus
Some viruses rewrite the path to the hosts file... Therefore, no matter how you change the original file, the virus will still replace the VKontakte page with its own website. Moreover, sometimes it happens that after restarting the computer, the virus will again change the original hosts, even if you cleaned it.
In this case, the virus can have absolutely any name and disguise itself as some kind of system process.
The solution here is one: to completely check the computer for viruses. And it is better to check not just with an antivirus, but also with utilities that check the integrity of the registry. The best option is to pass.
"Savers"
There is a huge cloud of various programs that allow you to download music and movies from VKontakte. Most of them steal your passwords and are generally dangerous. So instead of installing some VKSaver, it's better to install an official plugin for your browser, like the download helper for Firefox.
Delete everything third party programs related to "VKontakte" and restart your computer. Then you may additionally have to change the password from VKontakte, and then you will already get normal access to the social network.
This scam looks like this: you go to "contact", and they write to you that your page is frozen and ask you to enter your phone number. You receive an SMS with a text like "give consent to blablabl ... send Yes", etc. You send such an SMS, a lot of money is withdrawn from your phone, and access is never restored. This is a DIVORCE!
If you are really frozen by VKontakte, then the restoration takes place according to a different procedure. The easiest way to check if your page is actually frozen is to call / email your friends and ask them if they can visit your page. If they see that your page is as if nothing had happened, then this is a clear scam - check your computer with an antivirus.
If your friends see the picture below, then you are really frozen.
conclusions
Most of the problems with access are due either to the fact that the site is undergoing technical work, or you have a virus. Then the solutions from this article will allow 99% to solve your problem with VKontakte access.
If you have any questions, then ask in the comments.
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Now virtual communities have become very popular - the so-called social networks, where people can communicate with their acquaintances. Communication takes place virtually, so Internet is required to connect to a social network. One of these social networks (the most popular in the CIS) is the site "VKontakte.ru". Have you created a profile on this site, issued it and have already made friends, but after a couple of days your browser refuses to load the page of this social network? What is the reason? Let's figure it out together.
Action plan
Here is the algorithm of actions that should be performed when it detects that access to this social network is closed:
1. Find out the reason.
2. Solve the problem in all ways known to you.
3. Make the appropriate conclusions so that this situation does not happen again.
So, let's look at the first point, namely, the possible reason why "Contact" does not work. There may be several reasons for this.
Possible reasons forwhy does not "Contact" work?
First, you should check the first of the most likely causes of difficulties in loading a social network page - a virus attack on your computer by cybercriminals. The main purpose of this type of fraud is theft. No, not stealing your computer, but stealing passwords and data, which can then be sold profitably on the black market. In order to understand the reasons why "VKontakte" does not work, you should go to the "Task Manager" by pressing this combination of buttons on the keyboard at the same time: "CTRL" + "ALT" + "DEL". Next, a window will appear on your PC monitor, in which you should select the "Processes" tab. If among all the files you find at least one named "vkontake", you should know that this is malicious virus... It creates a copy of the social network login page that your browser loads. When you enter your personal data, the keylogger remembers it and transfers it to the server to the attackers. If no mini-copy of the page is found, but a message is displayed with a request to send an SMS to a short number so that access to "Contact" is open, do not rush to grab onto mobile phone... This is the second trick of the scammers. Also, another reason why "Contact" does not work may be a banal reconstruction or revision of the site. But usually, in this case, administrators display a corresponding notification on the main page of the social network. All you have to do is just wait for the site to be “repaired”.
Solution
What to do to get access to the social network? If you find that "Contact" does not work due to a virus program, the most in a simple way The solution to this problem is to install special antivirus software that will protect your computer in the future and remove the virus program now. If this does not help, you need to follow the algorithm of actions:
1. Open the file C: \ WINDOWS \ system32 \ drivers \ etc \ hosts in notepad.
2. Find the system drive in the "My Computer" folder where all the files of your operating system are installed.
3. Select "system32" => "drivers" => "etc", and then open a file called host in notepad.
4. After you have opened the file, carefully read all the lines in it. If you find lines with the address of the social network "VKontakte", immediately and irrevocably delete it.
4. After that, use the "Search" to find the file "vkontakte" with the "exe" extension on your computer and delete it.
5. Update antivirus program on your computer. After that, everything should work. So we figured out why "Contact" does not work on your computer. We wish you good luck and pleasant communication!
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