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there's a website being hosted on my domain that I know nothing about...?
lets say my domain is "abc123.com". there is a page at "abc123.com/~unknown" that is a whole other website[from Pakistan], but I know nothing about it. Its not part of my hosted files, so i cant delete it, yet it exists as part of my domain. how is this possible? and how do i get rid of this piggybacking website?
is it possible that my hosting company is aware/responsible? how can i protect my site from this kind of misuse. The only way i became aware of this was because that site has a 'suspicious malware' link on it that a search engine brought to my attention as the domain administrator, otherwise I wouldn't even know about it. I'm feeling pretty violated right now. I really want to educate myself on this issue, so any links to references and resources would be much appreciated.
I am an experienced webhosting user, but not advanced; the first thing i did was check my files and folders for something new that i did not create, but there was nothing new. I also contacted my webhost, and they claim to have found and removed the suspicious data related to the webpage, BUT 2 days later, its still visible by typing in the url into any browser, ...any more reasonable suggestions, before i choose a best answer?
for example, what if my webhost is actually responsible for knowingly hosting the piggybacking and questionable webpage/website[there are links on it that point to even more websites]. Other than dropping that webhost completely, what other options do i have to just clean up my existing website?
3 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
Go ahead and hit your SCRAM button right about now.
[peep the metaphor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram ]
If you don't have enough admin access to kill this paki site, then maybe its time to look for new domain solution.
Get on the phone/wire with tech ASAP and find out more info.
I don't know the laws involving this situation (ex. taking the rap for this paki malware) but if killing/redirecting your domain just isnt an option, then best of luck.
- Anonymous9 years ago
You've been hacked. Login to your hosting account and spark up the file manager. Then delete the page. Are you using an easy to guess username/password? change them. NEVER, EVER use the username of "admin" because that already gives them 1/2 of what they need. Also, never use easy-to-guess passwords like abc123, qwerty, 123456, abcdefg, etc. I have a WordPress plugin on my blogs called Bad Behavior so I can see exactly every single username/password combo that hackers attempt to use.
On the other hand, it could be that the hacker found a security hole on the web hosting server. In any case, I would contact your web host and ask if others customers on your server were hacked. I had that happen to me, once. The hosting company patched the hole.
- 5 years ago
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