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Website Hijacked?
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csnann
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I tried to go to one of my favourite websites, etiquettehell.com, instead of the usual gossipy stuff I found a load of adverts for driving lessons and jobs and other stuff. The website was fine this morning, but now I can't get it either via my favourites link or by googling it, just these adverts. Have they been hijacked or is it my computer?
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You sure you've not just typo'd the website address? Etiquette usually doesn't have that many t's.
But wait - the real etiquettehell.com has let their domain registration expire at 23:20 yesterday. Silly billies...0 -
You sure you've not just typo'd the website address? Etiquette usually doesn't have that many t's.
But wait - the real etiquettehell.com has let their domain registration expire at 23:20 yesterday. Silly billies...
Apparently I spelt it wrong here! The link has only 3 Ts in it. So what happens to the website now? Can the owners get it back?0 -
They can re-register it if it's still available but some people make money by buying dropped domains and reselling them back to you at a premium price!0
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How do you register a website? I mean who is in charge of them? Do you have to pay for a name, aside from the use of a server?0
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I think most registrars operate a "period of grace", so although expired it's showing as "locked". During that time, only the previously registered "owner" can re-register.
If you want to register the name you will have to wait until that period has expired.
Edit: Incidentally, the registrar is shown as Enom, Inc. Unfortunately the site owner has chosen a privacy protection service, so it may be harder to contact them if you want to.0 -
I don't want to register it myself, I just want it to get back to normal!0
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You could try emailing the admin contact, though this is via a third party, so who knows if the email address is actually monitored.
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I would advise against visiting this site. See more here: http://anubis.iseclab.org/?action=result&task_id=1bd65ca06449bc134a1804e3ab9855fd4&format=html0
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I am using firefox and I didn't click on any links - I don't entirely understand that report, is my computer in danger?0
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