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Popular Facebook app Farm Town down, malware abounds


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The fate of millions of virtual animals, farms and coins is unclear as popular Facebook app Farm Town remains inaccessible to many users worldwide.

Google searches were off the hook for the popular app as dedicated e-farmers were unable to attend to their Facebook flocks, with reports of the application shutting down whilst friends tended to their homeboys’ farms and remaining broken indefinitely. But if you’re one of the affected players frantically wondering why Farm Town is down or when you can feed your e-cows again, be careful. While looking into the outage, you may discover that a large proportion of the sites returned on Google contain malware and will harm your computer. For realz- you may never be able to use Farm Town again.

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Farm Town app developer SlashKey’s site is also currently inaccessible, possibly brought down in a virtual stampede of frantic Farm Town users. The discussion forums for the Farm Town app on Facebook are currently overrun with people seeking answers regarding the future of their carefully tended to non-existant farms. One message (without attribution, date posted originally or source indicated) popped up several times on the Farm Town Facebook forum:

There are some network connectivity issues between our network provider and Facebook servers.

We are working on solving this issue, but don’t have an ETA at the moment.

We will be extending the “Ready to Harvest” time by 1 day, so you will not lose any crops due to this down time. Come back tomorrow and your crops will still be good as new.

Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Thanks.

However, without a discernible source for the quote, pinpointing when or if the popular app (reported to be more heavily used than Pet Society or Mafia Wars) will be widely available again is difficult. Are you a disgruntled Facebook Farm Town user? Have you been able to access your farm?











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31 Archived Responses to “ Popular Facebook app Farm Town down, malware abounds ”

  1. I haven't been able to access farmtown since yesterday afternoon, so frustrating

  2. stuartd
    Jul 28, 2009

    They are hosted by provider called “Softlayer” they have connectivity issues after a recent upgrade to there lines.

    Nothing to do with them shutting down, once everything props it will be back.

  3. benbailey84
    Jul 28, 2009

    they should have left it alone. it was doing good before they decided to upgrade things. now it sucks. you get booted, the connection drops, causing you to lose jobs. mine has been down since late last night. i hope its back up tonight. they should reward us with something for this aggervation.

  4. actionParsnip
    Jul 28, 2009

    Its down but for fucks sake it's only a game. It won't change the price of bread or bring down the civilized world. People need to get a grip

  5. I am able to access it with my mac, but not pc. That's advertisement for you.

  6. From my personal experience it may be isolated to different systems, I have no problem accessing it on my system which is newer and runs Vista, but on my cousins PC which runs XP and is a few years senior we can't connect.

  7. doogiemeister
    Jul 28, 2009

    I have only been in FarmTown (FT) for about a month. My system kept picking up a Trojan EVERY TIME I entered the game. My virus protection specifically named FT via facebook as the perpetrator/faulter of the dispersing of the trojan. My virus protection would capture it and 'encase' it in a storage chest (where I could safely delete it without harming my system). I hope they get it fixed soon. I'm terribly hooked on the game now. I'm a retired and somewhat handicapped and completely enjoy this game for my entertainment. As for the individual who said 'get a grip', walk in my shoes for one day and then pass judgement if you must.

  8. kayclarkbarrow
    Jul 28, 2009

    I can't get on farmtown today. I was able to yesterday this sucks. I love the game I am on it every day except for today not of any falt of my own. PLEASE FIX IT. Tahnk you

  9. lissame
    Jul 28, 2009

    Listen here actionParsnip, first of all, don't be so mean, there's no reason to cuss. Second, yes, it is only a game, but it's a fun game. Did you ever think that maybe this game is a way for some of us to just sit back and relax and have fun after a hard days work??

  10. Yeah, my pc has Vista, but no go. But I do agree, it may be with different systems. Anyhoo, am farming using my mac. :)

  11. senoritageena
    Jul 28, 2009

    Yes, and it is perfectly silly of me, but I am one of those “frantic farmers” unable to access Farm Town. Thanks for the info, as I had no idea why my computer wouldn't cooperate.

  12. Peggy Kerr
    Jul 28, 2009

    I become addicted to Farm Town – just a few days ago – and certainly would not want to lose everything I have achieved. I got up to level 23 and had most things I needed. It is such a great diversation to my daily activities. I have pain 24/7 and I have this game absorbing – except when I had to move from my chair – thus is the reality of sitting too long…..hope the Farm Town resolves the problems and we get to farm again.
    Loyal fan.

  13. josephstevens
    Jul 28, 2009

    I can't wait to get back to my farm – I bet they are working on implementing some new type of update that will make the game better and that is why it went down. I can't wait to see what Slashkey has in store for us with the new version of Farm Town!

  14. Like you, Peggy, I am recovering from an auto accident. This game is distracting from my pain and I find it relaxing. I enjoy meeting other farmers from different countries as well as neighboring states. This may be just a game but it is also a source of enjoyment for many who are not able to ambulate.
    I am just sorry that I did not find Farm Town earlier.

  15. Farmington
    Jul 28, 2009

    OH MY!!!! My farm of peppers, blueberries and pumpkins is gonna be gone!!!! My sister can access the site but I cantr and I am so ticked off…She was on it a month b4 me and I am now at level 29 and beating her, oh yeah and I was on a cruise last week and couldnt play….Talk about addicted!!! LOL I need to get on, we are so competitive!!!!

  16. actionParsnip
    Jul 28, 2009

    True but people are acting like its a massive financial crash or their own mother dying. No fooling. The game is free so there is no SLA. There are plenty of other games to play on facebook and even on the internet as a whole. I'm not mean, I'm just realistic.

  17. I wish that were true for me, rakl. I have a mac and a pc and can't get in with either since yesterday.

  18. Tonybee
    Jul 28, 2009

    oh no im just about on level 31 and i love Fram Town its mint huury up i need to go on it cant sleep till my crops are done

  19. I recon someones partner is so pisssed of with their boyfriend or girlfriend farming all the time that they have written a virus to bring the whole thing to a standstill….. !!

  20. Tonybee
    Jul 28, 2009

    shhhh you dont know what your talking about play fram town fo a couple of month than say that

  21. actionParsnip
    Jul 28, 2009

    I have, I'm level 20

  22. doomslayer
    Jul 28, 2009

    Im a level 7 mage.

  23. blessedsao
    Jul 28, 2009

    this morning when I was frantically checking back very15 minutes to see if Farmtown was back up I was feeling a lil pathetic but Im so freaking addicted to my fake farm, I love it!! I knew there had to be thousands of people just like me too. I hope its up soon~~

  24. minerswife
    Jul 28, 2009

    I have been trying to get on since 5:00 pm and no luck. I am able to access my neighbours but cannot visit there farms. I cannot access gifts or play. I am hoping for a fix soon.

  25. CLAUDIA61279
    Jul 28, 2009

    It does suck I love it that god i have friends in other states takeing care of it for know

  26. jujubee04
    Jul 29, 2009

    And obviously you have been searching for an answer yourself as to why farm town is not working, otherwise you wouldn't have came to this site. So who's calling the kettle black?

  27. jujubee04
    Jul 29, 2009

    Sounds kind of like me, I was trying to make sure it wasn't just my computer with all the dang problems I've had, I really hate an HP laptop!!!!!!!

  28. popr que no se pueden comprar todas las cosas con monedas farmtown*.

  29. me llego una maquina de cosechar por 16 de regalo y cuando la fui a sacar de los regalos se desaparecio.
    como la puedo recuperar.

  30. no he podido ingresar a mis granjas que puedo hacer?