Web Hosting Talk : Other Forums : Web Hosting Lounge : Disgusting defacement...

[rooshine]

Technically, I'm not sure if this a defacement or if it's called something else since I was forwarded to another site. I just visited the site of a host, and I was forwarded to a porn site. Worse, it was impossible to leave. There was a literally never ending cycle of windows and pop-ups. The only way for me to get out of it was ps -e, kill.

It's probably best I don't give the url, but I can say it's not one of the hosts who frequent WHT.

[bear]

/*me...watching hundreds of hosts scurry to see if it's them...*/

[okihost]

<wipes sweat from forehead>... I would say if you can find a way to contact the host that would be the best thing to do or if you want get the whois info a PM it to me and I will try to call them or whatever..

[ATST]

<not me either> Yes, you would be doing them a favor by emailing them. Don't ever post a link like that on a forum. Some people click on anything.

[rooshine]

I found their contact info last night on whois and I sent an email just in case they were unaware of what was going on.

It amazes me that someone would do this sort of thing without a thought to the business they could be ruining, the <getting melodramatic> food they may be taking off someone's table. Not to mention the businesses of all that host's clients.

[alapo]

Question is... what were you looking for when you found them?
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Just kidding

[FW-Mike]

Not I

[rooshine]

Originally Posted by alapo

Question is... what were you looking for when you found them?

Well, I was looking for a porn site when I accidentally found a web host. Er, I mean I was looking for a host when I accidentally found a porn site. Yeah, that's it.

[ArcticKid]

Not my host /