Facebook Down: Service Unavailable – DNS failure

By: Peter Chubb | September 23, 2010 | 514 Comments

We have been getting reports that the social network site Facebook has been experiencing problems. It seems as if the site keeps coming up then going down with the message saying Service Unavailable – DNS failure.

I went on a few moments ago and Facebook was down, then tried again and it came back up. We are not certain what it going on, but we do know that the 500 million plus users will not be happy.

Huffington Post reports that DownRightNow said that service disruption” is “likely.” However, we are not certain what is causing the issue. I have had a number of my friends who live in different parts of the world contact me to ask if it was down for me as well – so we know that it is happening in other countries as well.

This is the second time in as many days that Facebook has been down; only yesterday Mashable reported a disruption due to a “third party networking provider.” We wonder if this is the same or a separate issue? Is Facebook down for you?

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melinda
kept happening to me for the past ten minutes on chrome. worked fine with fb touch app on phone.

emann
same here tried iPod it works but even theres errors on the iPod like loading the chat box to see whos online or even updating news feed
and Im using chrome too for the past 20 mins
Roberto
Same just happened her on IE8 and worked fine on my blackberry. Oh why does fb move goal posts without warning anybody?
Guest
it was down for me on chrome but worked on internet explorer this doesnt make sense and also it works on my laptop but not my desktop
Ally
Yeah it worked on my phone too????
hhhh
mines working hahaha neh neh na neh neh
Darlene
DOWNNN
n1ghtl1ght
Yeap down for me too im in North Yorkshire!
dina
same here…
Bob
works on linux

Bob
sure does

Elkin
It's internet based servers. I have been getting redirected for about a week now to another server. Something or someone has been redirecting all of us to a "FAKE" server and we are being raped! lol It's typical. Only a matter of time!
arfar
has been down for me for the past 2 hours ?????????????
Soraya
No FB for me either for the last hour, blips in and out but I'm completely out now. 'DRN service' keeps popping up. Very odd. Hope it gets solved soon, feels os out of touch (hahah) crazy facebook .
Soraya in London.
Celeste
I have the same issue and is retarded because,i use it for school,and talking to my other foreign friends,so idk if its happening to them too =/
p3nnyp0ts
FB's not working well in Israel either

guidinggolden
It was down for me here, in CT, USA for about 10-20 minutes. It's back up for me now.
David F.
I typed facebook down and got this link, its def. down, had problems yesterday too (9/22)
Jasta
Facebook down everywhere here in Birmingham (uk)!
Jess White
Same for me for the last 1/2 hour. Can access it through mobile though xx (UK)
guidinggolden
Nevermind. It's touch and go for me. My FB app on my iPhone isn't working either.
Mr Fox
Works fine in opera, Service Unavailable – DNS failure in firefox. Checked on multiple computers…
eraze
India—Here also the same problem for an hour
bub
same here
Paul
Its down right now in the UK. Did manage to log in a few mins ago but down again now. Using Opera.
Aravindhan
It is happening for me now.. i am addicted to facebook Restaurant city game and when i was about to play it.. Service Unavailable – DNS failure i got this error. when i searched in google i got this link.. now i atleast know that there is some problem with facebook and not with my internet connection.. Thanks for this quick review

monica
do u know why it is doing this????

Heather_texas
Me too.
Tristan
mines down on chrome too
Stephanie
It's down for me. Was down a bit yesterday afternoon as well… Agh.
daniel clayton
been down for like an hour for me
Steph
Down for me too. Very frustrating.
Andrew Williams
Having problems here too – using Firefox, but IE also failed. Came back up for a few minutes but has gone down again.
I'm just glad it's not just me!
kazzie
Down for me too,im in the uk.
I noticed before it went down it switched back to the old 'request' page and bookmark layout which they had changed'updated' (at least on my account)yesterday.
JIm
Down then up then down then … I'm in the UK.
C.M1322
Down for me and has been for 15 mins
Adam
I live in California and its also down for me
Amber
It's down for me!
Jon
yep it's down here in New Zealand.
aim
hmmm happening to me too.. not good
Anonymous
yea and i like how at the end it says follow us on twitter or facebook lol
Vagabundo
☼ Has been down for me for the past hour on the Mozilla ☼
Didn't have no problem yesterday.
camila
yep its so annoying…i haven't been able to log in
justin
hmm same here.
caroline
Keeps happening to me so annoying also now cant access from my mobile it says my IP address wont allow it and I have been blocked for abusive behaviour dont understand whats happening really getting cross
Rich
Dwn 4 me
vasko
same here….on mobile or on pc….
david
yup fb down for mee too.
anon
Still down for me in London.

Ongolf1
Have been down for me here in Denmark for over and hour now!

oompaloompa
has been happening to me for the last half hour

Lynn Lee
it was loading so slow and then now DNS failure , I use google chrome

saraaaaa
it keepsdoing the same for me!
donna
it works on the iphone app, but not online.
loopy
Facebook need to sort this out! its happening too often1

Rim
Yep

adam
yep. its down. even on phone.

Roberto
It's gone down my blackberry too now! The fb team need to sort this out as it's getting a chore/headache in having to just keep up with fb!

subti
mine is down, not a happy bunny

god
get a life you sados

barb
I have Firefox. Can't get so much as a blip.

Gwen
Same here

ayleen
Hey from Bulgaria here happens as well for the last 10 minutes
Crystal
Yea, Wont work on Mozilla or Internet Explorer either…
courtney
its not work9ing what do i do??????

Your boss
could get back to work I guess?

Ron
It would work for a few seconds, then suddenly change to "service unavailable".

Lynn
same here too service unavailable and then DNS failure when reopening

Alicia
Down for me as well.
Pat
Down on chrome, ff or ie for me.
Phoebe
I'm in New Zealand, can't get on, DNR message. Been trying for about 30 minutes.
Marina
I got as far as posting a comment on my wall, but I can't do anything else. It took forever to get on at all, and I can't go anywhere on the site.
Brenda
Down for me in South Florida. Off and on (mostly off) for about an hour now. "service unavailable, DNS failure"
Was off for a good couple of hours yesterday too.

chris
was it, worked on my phone yesterday but nothing at all now

The wanderer
Not working for me on firefox or IE
Ultric
I don't really have something important to say, but I just thought that this was kinda funny:
"Follow us on Twitter and Facebook, or get daily updates via email."
Facebook. Which is down. Which is what this article is about.

saya
it also says at the top " be the first of your friends to 'like' this on facebook" why would we like this… on facebook?
That guy remember??
hahaha
taylor
I KNOW RIGHT THERE SAYING FOLLOW THEM ON FACEBOOK , i think this is either a possible virus or, well actually im not even sure, this is a worldwide network and they cant even pull their dam sh*t together
win
haha. second this!
FB down in Austria for me… past 45mins

Theresa
Facebook is down here in Canada due to DNS Failure
JBK
the end is nigh!!!!!!!!

kat
lol
http://twitter.com/pasaway166 @pasaway166
Service Unavailable – DNS failure Here in Philippines
Roberto
Have to agree!!!!!

Todd
Oh well off to bebo!
Anonymous
my Facebook App on my ipod touch wont loadnew posts and my browser wont even load the facebook page. i feel so shut off lol
fotograf
i get the same message, i live in Serbia
Sheridan
ive been trying on google chrome, still not working.
dawn
mine won't work (dns failure), but my daughter's works…
Anna
happening right now for me. lol'd at the "follow us on facebook" link. XD
steve
been up and down for last hour, sometimes lets me in then freezes, mostly not letting me on tho, very frustrating
Cody
Hahaha I thought my job finally blocked the site, so i googled DNS Failure to check what that meant and instantly saw 10 news stories about FB down within the past (first) half hour!
Maria
This has been the case for a few hours. When it was up it was running extremly slow. I live in Cyprus, so must be all over the place!
Nanc
Down in Grand Rapids, MI.
Charlotte
Its down for me as well and I get the same message. DNS failure. I am in Canada.
Sumanta
The problem is the same here, Cardiff, UK
SKorpyo
Hello, same for me, i live in Madrid, Spain
greetings
Saika
i was updating pictures
Jared
Facebook is down and i am now very unhappy with them…
simon
Not working for me in France!
Louise
Service Unavailable – DNS failure keep getting this message doing my head in
Michael
Still down. NYC.
Paula
FB went down for me about half an hour ago. I just checked it again and got the DNS error. It's apparently working from phones. at least it is for my mates.
gladiator
down in Rome, Italy.
Emma
its not working on chrome, firefox, explorer…. grrr
hbk
i am in the midlands and it is down here
Andy L
Down for me in Herts, UK
Rawr
Still down in Florida!
Jason
Works with my mobile browser, but not on chrome, IE of my sidebar gadget. But what is funny is how PR had put up the "share on Facebook" link and it doesn't work, and the story is how about Facebook doesn't work
Marco
italy. same here. damn facebook. first it owned our minds, now makes us get mad ! "whaaat??? c'mon facebook! c'mooon!!! i'm getting crazyyy!!!" , is probably said from half world : D
Nirjoy
Facebook is down here in Bangladesh due to DNS Failure
HAAIII
OMG IM SCARED no more fb jk its down for me..
Christophe C
FB down for me in Belgium.
Using Chrome
jen
down in seattle
Osama
They didn't pay their BILLS!!! It's a jihad.
Mamaz
down for the second day in a row. getting irritating fast!!!
Paula
i wish facebook would come back soon before my crops die lol
anon
Not working in Finland either
Samia
I am from Sudan face book is down here i have get the same massage ..".Service unavailable- DNS failure"
What happened pleas we want solve to this big problem …
Sylvie
Down for me too in East Anglia using GC, IE8 and FF and it's my birthday
Nellie Flingboyster
Arizona. FB down now for at least 20 mins, maybe longer. Still down. UFO abductions. A whole lot of probing going on. FB withdrawal is something none of us want to witness, let alone, experience.
stuart ellis
same here !! this is the second time this has happened
Kristeen
down for me as well, and cant pull it up on my blackberry
KaL
tying to get connected to fb for last 2 hours sometimes it would go up and then down again. not being able to open any apps! it's frustrating!
Mravic
down for me
sdogodoasfg
Maintance..
Elle
Down in North London too,oh dam,looks like I have too study !
Yev
oh mine's down all right!!! =|
dawit
wow wat iz goin onn i needto go on fb o my goddddddddddddd
Guest
mine isnt working here in ontario for chrome
uman
Using both opera and firefox in windows, can't access FB. Restart with linux, and still cannot login to facebook.
http://advanced-ape.com Ape
Down here, in the UK.

AAA
Oh dear!
PLUTO
Italy's down. Something doesn't work out

Hänk
down in finland and around the whole world……….
Rach
omgzzzzzzzzzzzzzz its the end of the world!
divingcometsmom
My OS is WIN7, 64BIT. I've tried both IE and Flock Browsers w/ same results DNS error or link broken, GRRRRR.
jaz
Down in Australia as well
Marko
Down here in Portugal too…
JACK
DOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL
swan
good its not just me then, 1st facebook i.m went down, then i got the DNS failure message, hope it gets fixed soon
Marco
italy. down here too
nikki
facebooks down
someone fix it…
Julie
down on iinternet explorer and google chrome. what the what?
Donna
Down for me also in Michigan!
rockerboy
itz down in q8 also..!
Kec
Down for me too, West Mids, UK
Debbi
yeah, down here too…I live near Toronto, Ontario..
Christophe C
Was down untill a few minutes ago here in Belgium.
Seems to be up again. Wonder 4 how long…
Addicted
My crops and dishes! What will I do???
chasity
im on chrome and its been down for over an hour .. dns failure or zero size something is the errors i have gotten
Damit Dan
FaCIAbook is downskies . aww poor CIAbook, not able to gain and sell more personal info we're not givin
viking
down here in Sweden as well
kaz
down for me in Djibouti
yearone
Mine is also down… (DNS FAILURE)
This doesn't seem to be the only problem with facebook:
A) Sometimes chat doesnt appear at'all
B) On the iPhone peoples post appear & dissapear
C) DNS failure
D) Generally the site is getting much slower
Is it because of the now vast amount of people using the site? Or maybe changes facebook have made internally? Never used to these problems.
MOS
Down here in Ireland
Sanjiv
Chill Go Outside And Get Offline
Stijn
same problem in Stockholm, DNS Failure, tried both with Chrome and Firefox
Diego
my benchmark report a perfectely working DNS for my WAN, but Facebook is down here in italy
Sam
Facebook – DNS Failure here in East Anglia. UK.
saya
down in norther California on chrome as well. any news on when this is going to be fixed? is it a hacker or something?
Geneveve
It's not accessible for me either. I'm in the US. Cannot acces it via PC or phone.
NSD
Down in Canada for a while….trying to cope with life after fb….its a hard knock life
L. B.
Down on the PC, but works on the BLackberry
allllll
the world is ending omg!!!
MAL
Down here in Scotland!! God, no facebook for a night… What to do now!
Deuter
Damn ! I've got the same issue as you all guys.
chrisspencer1979
down in Derbyshire, UK too.
susan
Facebook is down in Guernsey Channel Islands….
Fig
Has been down for the past 10 minutes in Vancouver, Canada
UK axe
no facebook!!! life is not worth living!!! ROFL
mel
Yeah down in SC, United States, too. Been trying to get on internet exsplorer..it gets in then quits..google chrome keeps saying dns faliure.
gladiator
still down in Rome
ivz
Italy is down
Oldbones
its everytime zynga updates its software for farmville that facebook goes down,they changed the method of accepting requests and it hasnt worked right since
its not like there was anything wrong with it
Jefken
Also down in Belgium, East Flanders, Aalst
Roz
Same here
Nia
Yes it's happing to me 2 was so frustrated was ready to throw the friggin comp plzzzzz fix it
anon
Down for me in London
Samia
I am from Sudan face book is down .. I received this massage ..".Service unavailable- DNS failure"
Gwayce
Down in the Philippines, Service Unavailable etc. etc. No go in IE, FF, Chrome. What happens to my farm now?
Carmen
Facebook is down in Kansas City
bell
sort it out facebook man!!
devil girlz
still down!!! but its not like we are missing anything cuz it seams that it is down everywhere else so we wont be missing any notifacations
wasnt here
DOWN IN MISSOURI USA
siv
I think if FB is working for some, they are not going to be posting here that it is since they have no idea it's not working for some.
Anite
Dear oh dear Jack or Zack whatever your name is…… too much money too little time…
Pea
Listen world…get a grip…Sweet Zeus…imagine if the internet went down for a week everyone would flip out!!! it hasnt even been off for an hour and everyone's turky-ing…. There is life belong facebook you know Oh by the way Hello everyone1
80'S 4 EVER
STILL WE GOT PROBLEM IN ATHENS,GREECE….SYSTEM IS DOWN.-
sarah
down in Alberta
Tim
Down in Canada
Losille
Have been getting the DNS error for a couple of hours. If they are being attacked the hackers are computer gods!!! I bow to their genius.
Taking Facebook down would be such a spectacular hack, it would be epic. Worth going to jail for!
TinaRay
Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I'm in North Texas. Somebody fix this mess before I go insace
WSUyo'
Safari/FIrefox down here in Minnesota… STILL! >:(
Angela
Down in the big Virginia USA too.
Sara A
Noooo….. How will I cope? Down down deeper and down. Hurry up Facebook!
julia davidson
FB is coming and going but even when i do get into it i cannot do most actions i attempt to do then it goes back down again. from julia in birmingham uk
HZM
DNS failure in Denmark
TNW
Down here in SA TX :/
Ali Khan
yup,its happening here in Pakistan frequently for the last half an hour
i got afraid of losing connection with my lover from Europe,so as a safety
in my last message before signing off,i sent her my msn and other e mail ids
to remain in contact in case FB goes for ever !!! i hope it will get repaired soooon
Laura
Yes, mine is down
Bite me
I NEED to harvest my crops on farmville!
Racel
Facebook is also down for me too (Hertfordshire England)
Tiffani
Alright good. I thought it was just me, lol. It's down here as well… :/
that dude
down here in jersey usa
Bob
linux rocks, its the best, user friendly sometimes dependable always
Kiba
Down here in India!!
Linda
Down off and on for me the a=past couple days and even if i am onlin and the site is up it looks as though i am offline…
Gemma
Facebook is down in Victoria, Australia =(
Lisa
Down in NC
maggie
mines down too,so not hppy!!!!!
clandestino
same problem with FB in Greece right now.
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
Bite
I NEED to harvest my crops on farmville!
Liz
Down in London still.
tracy
same UK
BooY
Down in Belgium… no wait, working now… up and down now.
Started last night.
sara
yeah it's not working
Farle77
Facebook in Tennessee is down. . .works on my verizon phone, but not at home. Pretty ticked.
sss
fb is down here
Eye witness news
KUWAIT
Carole
Hey-y-y-y-y! Where did all my friends and family go????
terry
Down in Louisiana, Too
80'S 4 EVER
STILL WE GOT PROBLEMS IN ATHENS,GREECE…SYSTEM IS DOWN
JGrace
Ok, could this possibly be attributed to the $100 million dollar donation the founder of facebook has given to the Newark school system OR the premiere of the movie??? …Jus sayin'.
Ajj
im back on but goodness knows for how long. my chat not come up though
heather
im done here too… im in california
pomania
I am in Australia it is down on my phone and lap top.. OH my good friends in Uk should of got details from on ce i get back on i am doing that so i can stay in touch what ever happens (
yourmom
downnnn! wt!!!!!!! n i was bout to be getting a bootyyycalll!
im in a worse mood now..
thought sex was gonna make it better
damn you fb.. so good yet so evil! why dont you love me like i love you
Mark
down in Portland OR!
karim
its working now
chris
down in New York, but then it looks like its down world wide
cromy
please..get a life ppl.talk to your wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend
nothappy
down in Vancouver Canada
lynn
ok i thought it was my computer but i see fb is down foe everyone it did it yesterday but my friend could use it on her phone
Deb
Down for me to.-Canada
http://twitter.com/offTopicSimon @offTopicSimon
down here in canada…
roz
Whoop whoop jus got on facebook xx
Bob
IT WorKS ON LINUX TRY iT
php
down, Philippines
frank
Down here in Houston N side
chilli
I've been getting the same message DNS failure. A few minutes ago I was on Facebook and clicked on a neighbors picture and it showed facebook/ her password
very bad
Akhil
Its down here as well. New Delhi, India
YAZAN
DOWN IN JORDAN :S
Ash
I can get on from my iPhone but not from any pc
Carol
Also down in Pembs, West Wales
Gwen
Tried to access facebook again and it still won't let me in hopefully the ppl that run facebook will get it back up and running soon
BayArea
It's down here in the bay area California.
togmi
down here in Mexico
facebook
We’re currently experiencing some site issues causing Facebook to be slow or unavailable for some people. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
janice king
me too..im here in VA.. DC area still down here..so sad..fb is the only way i can communicate to ma brother in qatar..

aya
hey wats going on..

angela
Fb down for me too and on my phone!!!
Osaka
still down for me…
dontcare
Maybe everyone needs to get a life and stop relying on facebook.
Who cares if its down!
XYC
Fb is down here in Croatia
Ben
Down here, in Taiwan
Grace
Happening to me in London…. Can't even get on my phone due to a different problem!
All
Down In Bahrain. On iphone ok.
destiny
Down here too.
Kdog
what the heck is wrong with facebook???
1lostchickie
Down for me, but that's ok. I can live without it… at least until Farmville withdrawal kicks in. ha ha
Bill
Down for me for the last half hour, i went on b4 it went down and chat wasnt working so i refreshed and it kept coming up with that DNS failer thingy
nick
least i'm not alone, i was going blame the laptop!!!
Didi
Facebook is down here in Bulgaria
Catwoman
down in south east london england too
Hansen
Down to in Denmark.
audio geek
Phew…for a brief moment there i thought it was my system. I had requested "more storage", was in the process of verifying , then VOILA….well do hope this is only temporary.[ Canada]
Light
down in canada
Jiean
me too i cant load facebook . ( Philippines )
joe
still down in cz
nielschristian
Down in Denmark as well.
Lalablue
To many USERS!!! Needs to update there site. Hey EUROPE get off my FACEBOOK!!!
Tary
It was working a few hour ago for me but now its down =/ not happy about this.
Rui
Down also in Lisbon…
Raed
Still down in Dubai
colin
down in liverpool to
Phil
It is down for me too. This is bull. i wish they would fix it already. Shit this keeps happening I will find a different social network to use.
raquel
down here in the Netherlands too… hate it :S got too addicted to this
Hid
I'm in Bay Area, California and it's down for me too
Jesse
still down, but before it went down(a couple hours ago) it was REAALLLYYY slow
mhai
down here in las vegas…they have to fix it soon…
stacey
down for me.. in salford.
jrob
looks like fb is down
margaret
i deleted my granddaughters face book account and i can't get on my face book at all now.it it face book or do you think i deleted mine to????.
bill
zomg no facebook wtf R We gonna dooz ohhnn noozozzzzz z not facebooookke!
Twin
down in munich, germany. same error
Domo
Also down for me, it blows! I'M TRYING TO POKE MY GRANDMA. SHE WILL NOT WIN THIS WAR.
VBB
OMG … How can I exist without it LOL
bjkuhblhj
Same, on safari all my sites work but that comes up for facebook.com
Dean
down on iPhone and PC in the southeast region of USA
Guest
OMG!! Facebook isnt working!! We're all gonna die!!
Emma
not working for me..!
Warp
Its down in Greece as well..
pjb
down in ireland 2
Mo Jam
Hawaii down.
chilli
I've been getting the same message DNS failure. A few minutes ago I was on Facebook and clicked on a neighbors picture and it showed facebook/ her password, maybe this is why they took it down.
Charlotte
Down in San Francisco!
Iprincess
Down on Firefox and Safari and Iphone app not responding either!
jose
the world has come to an end, hahaha
Kritter79
Down for me in Nova Scotia, Canada
Veve2491
Yup, Facebook's fucked worldwide! D:
And yeh mine's down to, I wanna know why >_<
northmc
service is down, in Greece
ennie
I'm in Bosnia and Herzegowina , can't get on, DNR message. Been trying for about 30 minutes.
Rcb
Not working for me, been down for the last hour. :/
Elin
Down for me in Sweden.
tony
yup its down here tew U.S.A.
gimifi
not working here in italy, only works on smrtphone with skyfire connection. down here since pm
crystal
down in montreal too
aattgsw
its been happening to me since yesterday.
Ian Williams
arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no facebook i cant take it abandon ship women and children get ya own bloody life boat this ones mine arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
ALTERNATIVLY……..Im going down the pub
Lobo
The narcissists' worst nightmare! FB is down. Oh no!
PolitiZilla
If you run a page there, as I do, you'd have gotten the message for the past few weeks that facebook was making an "upgrade" scheduled for 9/23/2010. Some upgrade. LOL
julee
still down in the uk. peoples farmville sheep are dieing. and the farmers are unable to cull badgers or allow their hounds to rip fox's to bits. sad times.
worldwide, people who are unable to access fb are concidering mass suiside. the only thing stopping them is that they are waiting to post it as their status first.
fbobsessed
Facebook is down in New England…ughh
Fluffyy
it's been down for almost an hour.. Wisconsin.
moelatte
down for me…quite disappointing
nilo
It's down here too
Greece
kaka face
down on firefox chrome mobile and touch
chem
same here in Greece tonight … getting the dns failure message
jose
THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END!!! HAHAHA..
JPITTS
It's doen on everything for me =/
Drw
Down in Montana.
áine
down in ireland
fbobsessed
alsoo it wont work on safari or my phone…
Eric
We at Facebook apologize for the Inconvenience this has caused everyone. We are working as fast as possible to get the site back up and running. The problem is we had a hacker, hack into our servers and destroy the code which is used for facebook to run. As well as attacking our DNS Ports. The site should be back up and running normally by 9 pm PST tonight. Thank you for your Patience.
Aiden
Not working for me either, hope it will be fixed soon. :[
carol maynard
I am a pensioner and this is a good cheap way of me to connect with my family,or supposed to be come on facebook with all this technology how come you cant sort this out ,tut tut
Malin
Same as here – Poland
fcgoldpride86
yup still down here in Sunderland
aljenn09
Facebook down in South Carolina, USA … Service Unavailable-DNS failure
XTEARM-P-KILLER
Looks like their DNS services are having problems connecting
shane comeback
DOWN in Minnesota-get DNS failure
Talei
This is Chicken Little reporting from down under in Australia… Yes , It's true…..the sky is falling
Rhonda
Some one sent me this message today– NEW VIRUS ON FB using your pictures. It says you have been tagged in a picture, wants you to click on a link to see it, then hacks into your computer & all your accounts, including banking & other secure accounts. It destroys your computer. Once hacked into your computer, it sends e-mails to your friends telling them they have been tagged in pictures & starts the process again. PLEASE RE-POST
Monica
yup, down for me too
Doris
down in italy as well
Jamie
Yes…it's down for me on internet explorer, mozilla, AND my blackberry app…
pisshead
u all suck
hayley
down for me too from sheffield its doin my head in
kelvin
went on about 2 mins ago but then it sent me off again now can ge back on (from england)
amanda hallam
Its down in nottingham!!
andré
also down in switzerland, lucerne.
AwesomeGuy
I like how it's not been down a day and everyone's panicing. Well good.
By the way, it's down here in Nottingham, England. :/
Me-
Facebook down in Central FL as well
taylor
I usually use Google chrome to go on Facebook but it said failure so i tried again and it did the same so i used Firefox and it did the same thing. lastly i tried IE and it did the same! I tried updating my status with my phone and i got a message back saying " unable to update due to technical difficulties." i then tried on my iPod and it said Service Unavailable – DNS failure. I don't know what the problem is but the Facebook staff better be doing all they can to fix it!
Vicky
Down in Belgium too!
Mary
I was playing it and suddenly it went! That is bad.I hope they find out what is happening!
mel
getting right on my nerves now!!!!!
pfisher73
Down in San Diego.
eddyyyy
mine as well just wont let me go to it even, ib on luck if i even get to the page
Kairi
Yup it's down… not too happy about it either.
John H
What do you do? You get a life and do something else. That's what.
jaqi
its the end of the world…………………..I HAVENT GOT IT EITHER
kuk
Down in pt!!!
StopSpinning
Down here. I'm in Austin, TX
Tomas
Still down for me in Brno (Czech Rep.).
john
down for me too in mass
JDc
Its gone dang broke
Lynne
up and down.
ben
down here
carly
omg facebook is over my life is ruined facebook is soo annoying i wana play my god damn game
nicola
my facebook doesnt work!!! says dns failure!!! what does this mean!??
anita
still down in the uk
ben
down here in germany
emmbam11
ugh! It worked for me earlier…. but now it's down……I'm in
California….
Gemma
GRRRR.
carly
were all doomed DOOMED I TELL U
bassa
Down in Vienna, Austria
martin
Down in germany as well
Sucheta
Down for me in Cary, NC, USA
sam
Still down, tried chrome,forefox and IE!!! From London
danny h
the world is coming to an end lol
Joe Dirt
crap, buggy, non-intuitive, lame software is down!
neal
i' v tride iexplorer, firefox and google crome i cant get it to work but my bro sez his is fine heas on bt i'm on three network and i,m in notts hees 200 miles north of me, i dont no if its any of these or if heas just a jammie git
caperald
It's been down over here in Nigeria – west africa
Caco Reguera
Same in Madrid, Spain
Pauly D
Its still down.. here in Jersey
mmmmmm
cheese
pissed!
Down for me too
carly
omg even this site keeps goin dwn
mert
london/luton aint working still….
sabri
facebook down for me in Tunisia
Zghost
this is one epic disruption
Rhonda
I got this message from a friend a little while ago—NEW VIRUS ON FB using your pictures. It says you have been tagged in a picture, wants you to click on a link to see it, then hacks into your computer & all your accounts, including banking & other secure accounts. It destroys your computer. Once hacked into your computer, it sends e-mails to your friends telling them they have been tagged in pictures & starts the process again. PLEASE RE-POST
Janet
Down here in Australia too :0
Hannelore
still down uk
Karole
Mine's down to in Bournemouth UK
mammer
Not working in sweden
LaLa
Down in the UK.. Anyone else not being able to get on in the UK? and how long does this usually last i've not been able to get on in 2 hours…
taykor
a go*dam worldwide network and they cant even pull their sh*t together within the past how long?!?! ive been trying since 122 o clock now, this is just absolutely pathetic
Chara
Down in Athens…
Amy
must be down every where, Ohio
Rosy
Mine is down as well, here in the USA.
joshinKy
its down here in Kentucky also.. dont know whats going on
DameProductios
Bristol on fire fox even changed my DNS lol still down!
dan
this is takin the piss now. i cnt even get hold of my boss now to find out what time i got to be in work and if im not there im sacked so sum1 better get fb sorted out coz it pissing me offffffffffffffffffffff to the fuckingg mainn
lee
…Down for me here in Bournemouth England
Chris
Down in Austria
HL
Still down, whats going on?
Pinkiepie
Down in Vancouver BC also…was very very slow for the last hour, and now i can't log in at all, DNS message.
Vida
:'-( I really truly hope it will be fixed soon
Josh
down for me
- manitoba, canada
colin
way on down Aberdeen Scotland
laura
Down here in Nova Scotia too!!…..oh my what will I do….lol
DAZZA
down on 1 pc able to post the odd comment,change status,yet it is don on my old pc go figure.oh btw i am in the uk
Lynn Lee
down in Vietnam.. just an hour ago.. Sept 24 2010
Mav02
unavailable in MA, still – going on 5 hours now.
salma
down in moroco too
Guest
Annoying… I download FF because I thought my IE was having a bad day(again). Now I read this, Facebook really does need to sort this out… 500 Million people, not very many Happy Campers.
henry
facebook, i cant breath without you, i cant live without you, i will kill myself for you,
i been trying for 1 hour and uninstall everything in my computer
vicky
Service Unavailable – DNS failure
every time i try to go on fb it says thaat shit :S
jano
down in watford too…. but samsung phone working good
rory
it is down here too
Joe
down in MI
James
down here in Australia too
hnelke
Down in Germany as well (www.facebook.de) and now the mobile access (m.facebook.com) is also down!
Eagle
http://blog.facebook.com still works if you were logged in.
Seems like Facebook is up, but some organization is fecking with the DNS tables.
Kristen
Down for me as well here in PA.
Webfreak
Down here too, I'm in South-Africa
Jules
YEP! Down for me in Tarzana, CA Also down on iPhone App!
henry
facebook, i cant breath without you, i cant live without you, i will kill myself for you,
Bent
ugg…i got out of school and wanted to get my stuff done that i do on Facebook…but this is a major fail..really…they need to fix this..Bent. USA.
xatu
down here tooo.. in LK
Stephen H.
Down in Vienna, Austria
ALice
Down in Italy, yay!
li12
down in new jersey
Johan
Down in Sweden a well.
Patman
Ireland here.
I see blog.facebook.com is live but I can't login. http://www.facebook.com still giving DNS issue.
Naryn
down in Barcelona – DNS issue haha no facebook so we all post about no facebook hahahahahaha
Marwa
Down in Egypt as well! .. Fail!
kenny
facebook down for me 2
Olivera
F down in Serbia, too.
JRR
Down in Norway too, tried with Moz, Opera and IE
slickshoes023
Down here in India 2… wtf
Alucard
THIS IS THE APOCALYPSIS, THE END OF THE WORLD, NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! T_T
Fransisco Rinaldi
that's right, we hit peak oil and now facebook. get ready for Armageddon.

Fransisco Rinaldi
down in New Orleans currently.

Boss Lady
Down for me to!
jonny
its the hackers i bet
nicole
not workinh here to in adelaide but can get it on my phone
kristie
Down here in Central California… Wont work Via Phone Apps Or Pc's! Ugh!
keyoz
Down in Germany as well… what do we do now? is there a life without fb?
alex
Its down for me to and i leave in Louisiana
mrdoubleu
down in germany as well, trying to log in for 30 minutes
http://twitter.com/All_Existence @All_Existence
No funcioNo funciona facebook
un mensaje de error "Service Unavailable – DNS failure " D: na facebook
Peru :S
Johannes
for me too here in sweden :-/
dotty
a no go in Aberdeen too
wzed132
down in houston still..
msa
Down here, in Palestine
anthony
down in the caribbean!!!trinidad to be precise
rhiann
still down how long does it take? was on not long ago uk aylesbury
saif2k
FB down in UK, life seems so incomplete without it!
kegan
this facebook is redicilus
tracey dalton
my facebook has been down since 8:15pm nearly 2 hours now the very same happened last pm its getting tto the point where im running 3 laptops and getting nowhere with fbook might have to find a different social network site
michelle
down for me too
slickshoes023
Its down here in India 2, it works on and off my iphone
Ty Smith
facebook is not good (N)
when will we be able to use it again by today ??????
jason
Lol Imagine if this was the 'end of face book' . We all would get alot more done around the house. But it would also really suck to have drive around to stalk people
badger
off all night…………..
ajx
grrrr im not happy………. sort it out facebook!
brizzie
It's down in Australia too…. I wonder if steve z did this to whip up some controversy…. all those stupid farmvilles going to fallow lol
deedi
same in Germany, down !!!!!
Laura Jayne
Lol the worlds going crazy!!! whats happening weird stuff eh? I'm not even getting on the mobile app for facebook
Kosova
down for me too here in Kosovo
Zee
Down in Pakistan
sirwallis
down here in dublin ireland too
annonomous
oh noooo the world has ended i gotta find sheter
BGCR
Down int he UAE
tracey dalton
my facebook been down for nearly 2 hours now the same last pm very annoyed as i live in ireland and its my way of chatting and keeping up with friends and family in the uk a fed up facebook user
Chrisprols
yep. down in France (Rouen) as well from my laptop on Ubuntu via Firefox.
Jasmine
Down in ontario also!!
lula
Yes it's been down all evening for me in wales but works fine on my phone??
Jenny
Down here in Lincolnshire UK too
Spanteg
Lucky we still have Tumblr.
Katie
it was down about 10 mins ago, and now it's working for me, but I can't get any of the apps to load.
wyse
still down @ 2:00 pm PST
anthony
its back up for me!!
debbie
yep fb is down here to it's working on mobile but not on pc
http://www.facebook.com/julia.gafarova Julia Gafarova
DNS Failure in Russia too
MAHAN
has been happening to me:-(
p3nnypots
FB not working in Israel either
jose+maria
down in the netherlands too
Kiba
Down here in London
gplayers
NOOOO FB IS DOWN IN NYC
Mireille
Down here in Holland too. Since approx. an hour
Warez
Facebook is working at the moment (23:06) in Hungary.
Lloyd
i'm in uk and facebook is down but i can get on facebook mobile on my phone
Nanashi
Down here in Finland as well.
Shellsea Gonzalez
Ive been trying for awhile now ! . I called my friends and i asked if there's was working .. But they have the same answer , Its not working in US ! :/
nessy
happend also here in Morocco and in Tunisia
mahmood alam
I think some link is creating this DNS problem.
Jana
My business profile is fine. I can only get to my private profile via iPhone though. Strange.
deedi
down in Germany
inked_miss
Facebook seems to be working ok now
Pete
Down in Germany as well as in Dubai (checked with a friend).
Christian Grammer
Works fine on my HTC Desire, but not on the pc, and hasn't done for the last 40 mins¬
Lynn
Down in the Netherlands too.
kris
come on fb sort it out pls. i got rent to collect in millionaire city lol/ anyone know what a dns failure is
Johan
Yip in South Africa also FAILURE. Is now 22:45 pm. I thougt it was my phone. Hehe!
thanx 4 ths topic.!!
Jonathan
Down for me in Linz, Austria for the last hour or so. Not so much as a peep. Lot's of DNS errors.
PolitiZilla
I've been reading a lot of articles about this outage and some of the comments to them are hilarious!
Raed
Facebook is back now, from dubai
s.m.c
Ack! It's the Equinox Attack! j/k Poor facebook. Mine came back up, but is verrry slow
Nellie Flingboyster
Up, then down. Up then down. worse than a stud farm. Come on Facebook !
rissa
Wow…can't believe facebook being down was seen as article worthy…the world is going downhill
Graham
here we go again!!
Gogga
off in Namibia aswell
David Parks
I've had lots of problems over the last few weeks connecting from Vietnam. First I couldn't get on using the DNS of the local provider, so I started using Googles 8.8.8.8 DNS servers, fixed it until today. Now googles DNS providers also give me an IP that finds facebook unavailable. I think it's DNS because the first time I hit this I got different results from the DNS servers in veitnam than I did from google. This second time around I'm just throwing my hands up.
chaco
I'm in Japan and it's down too.
FBFan
Looks like its down again….
http://www.teeviewvilla.co.uk graybo
Down now and has been all morning. Cambs, UK.
karen
down for me here too, in malaysia. the whole morning… grrrrrrrr
karen
down here too, in malaysia. whole morning. grrrrrr
cj
in my case, my acoount is temporarily unavailable but my brother can access his t.. same computer..
i ve tried to login to a different area and different computer.

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