whate are .cc websites?

brightonman123

never seen one with that domain before.. (one i saw was for cycle events..)

RussJK

Most times you'll encounter .CC are for sites hosting malware. Rarely they are for useful sites like raymond.cc - or cycling clubs for obvious reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.cc

esuhl

It's the country code for the Cocos Islands. The free webhost I use (zoka.cc) is registered there. It seems that a lot of small / cheap / dodgy websites use that country code TLD for some reason...

Patto

I would avoid them websites at all costs, unless you know it's a genuine one!

John_Gray

Patto wrote: »

I would avoid them websites at all costs, unless you know it's a genuine one!

Err, surely you could say that about any website?!

Patto

John_Gray wrote: »

Err, surely you could say that about any website?!

Indeed you could, however malicious websites are more than likely going to use less known domain extensions :P Talking from experience anyway

RussJK

Patto wrote: »

Indeed you could, however malicious websites are more than likely going to use less known domain extensions :P Talking from experience anyway

Nearly all of the infected Google image searches I've seen the past few weeks all were from .CC sites, so definitely know what you mean Seeing .CC should be an extra indication to be on the alert, unless it's a cycling or Christian site!

Another good example was when Techwatch.co.uk was hacked the other week:

Malicious software is hosted on 6 domain(s), including retolop.cz.cc/, lopolop.cz.cc/, agamanius.cx.cc/.
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?client=Firefox&hl=en-US&site=http://www.techwatch.co.uk/

The malware scripts all pointed to .CC domains. (p.s. clicking on the links takes only you to the google safe browsing page and not to a malware infected site)

easyhost

10yrs + in the hosting industry i can say 100% STAY AWAY from .cc and .cz.cc sites these are free hosting sites that are primarily used by hackers/scammers etc.
most sites are only subdomains of the main site.

steve1980

.cc = cheap and cruel!

spenderdave

I use http://www.eqsl.cc/ which is a big amateur radio QSL card site based in the USA, most definitely not dodgy. Not sure why they use the .cc domain but guess they have their reasons.