Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, You misunderstood me. The service from Dot5Hosting is a paid service, there no free option with pop-ups a la Geocity. It is supposed to cost £5 per month, and when I ordered it about 1 1/2 years ago I provided them my credit card information. They did charge my card for one or two months, but for more than a year I have not seen any charges. This problem is clearly a case of their server having been hacked, not a case of a new policy by Dot5Hosting. Nathan > > van: "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@aol.com> > datum: 2004/02/13 vr AM 09:11:10 CET > aan: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > onderwerp: Re: [Leica] OT: Help, my web site has been hijacked! > > > Nathan > > I feel that one of the most significant comments that you have made > about this is that you have never noticed a charge for the site on your > credit card statement. On my particular site host I have to pay a fee > (minimal) to keep banners etc. off. If I do not do that any person who > accesses my site may get pop-ups. My site is hosted in the US so I would > hope (maybe naively) that the pop-ups would not include porn, but if > your site is hosted in a more liberal country then I feel that porn is a > distinct possibility. > > I would suggest you contact your web hosting company to see if you can > pay to block these pop-ups. > > Good luck, and kind regards > > Gerry > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > > > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > > > >Yesterday, a Dutch LUGger told me that upon visiting my web site, he was > > >offered to install a "free porn" toolbar or something like that, > > >immediately upon arriving at the main page. I was shocked and would like > > >first of all to inform everyone that this is NOT something I have > > >initiated. I have since tested it myself at work and at home, and sure > > >enough--you come to my site and look at the contents in the normal way, > > >but in the background a download and installation program is running. My > > >hosting service (Dot5Hosting in the UK) is being quite useless about it > > >and claims that they see nothing. But since I am able to replicate the > > >problem on two different computers, I can only conclude that the problem > > >is on their end. Has something like this ever happened to you, what is > > >the technique that the crooks used, and most importantly, what can I do > > >to get rid of this (short of taking my site down)? > > > > > >Many thanks for any advice you might have. > > > > > >Nathan > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > Gerry Walden LRPS > www.gwpics.com > +44 23 8046 3076 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html