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Child Pornography Web Hosting Service Shut Down

The Shark Lady — Sat, 22 May 2010 16:14:58 +0000

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has shut down 3FN, a web hosting service associated with various online criminal activity. 3FN was accused of hosting child pornography, spammers, and malware creators. According to the FTC, over 4,500 harmful software programs were controlled by the firm’s servers. The company was ordered to liquidate all assets and surrender 1.08$ million in illegal profits.

The court order was handed down by Judge Ronald Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose, who said “[security] experts had analyzed data derived from internet searches which establish that defendant, an internet service provider, was engaged in widespread illegal activity. There seems to be little doubt from the information provided that [it] functioned primarily as an internet service provider for illegal activity.”

3FN avoided detection by frequently changing IP addresses. FTC officials said 3FN and its other alias companies were distributing malware capable of keystroke logging, password stealing other data theft using hidden backdoor remote control programs to steal personal information and spread spam.

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HostGator Launches Hosting Backup Service

The Shark Lady — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:14:21 +0000

HostGator, the web hosting provider, announced the launch of a new service. HostGator’s public backup service enables automatic backups for anyone hosting their websites using the cPanel control panel. The backup includes the web site, databases, emails and cPanel settings.

The new service, SiteAutoBackup.com, is open to the general public, and is not limited to HostGator users.

The backup plans buy HostGator start at $1.95 per month for a 1GB account. Additional disk space is available for as low as $1 per additional 1GB.

By default, SiteAutoBackup.com backups run daily, but users can define a custom schedule.

SiteAutoBackup.com backup data is securely stored within servers at its Texas data center space, run by its exclusive data center and network provider The Planet. HostGator has servers in four of The Planet’s Dallas-area data centers, which provide top-of-the-line technology ensuring that servers stay cool, secure, and up at all times. The facilities feature redundant power, HVAC and fire detection systems, and are monitored 24/7 by both HostGator and The Planet’s Network Operation Centers.

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Most Reliable Web Hosting Services – March 2010

The Shark Lady — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:54:02 +0000

Netcraft has published their monthly list of most reliable hosting services.

According to Netcraft, Memset had the most reliable hosting company site in March.

Memset provides dedicated physical and virtual servers, all-inclusive managed hosting and cloud-computing services from their two data centres near Reading, UK. Memset uses Apache on Linux to run their own website.

Read the full analysis

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Most Popular Web Hosting Services – March 2010

The Shark Lady — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:47:08 +0000

Web Host Directory published the 5 most popular web hosting services for March 2010, based on activity and clicks on their site.

According to Web Host Directory:

Our most popular list is decided by the number of votes a company receives and the amount of times their profile page has been viewed each month. This ensures that every month we provide an up to date list of the leading hosting companies.

Most Popular Hosting Services – US

HostGator
1&1 Internet
HostForWeb
Aplus.net
Netfirms

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Spammers Target Free Web Hosting Services

The Shark Lady — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:43:02 +0000

If you are hosting you site on a free hosting service, you might have some cause for concern.

In a new report, McAfee says spammers are now targeting free web hosting services in a big way, and are increasingly turning to free-hosting websites to provide spam URLs.

In its “January 2010 Spam Report” (PDF), McAfee states the trend is turning into an “all-out gold rush” as there are many new free hosting services around. According to the report, all of the sites most heavily abused by spammers seem to be related to 0catch.com, which serves up a number of free-hosting sites to anonymous users.

Free hosting services are a prime target for spammers because such sites may have been around for a while and have legitimate traffic associated with them, the report explained.

Although there is nothing to indicate active collusion between the free-hosting websites and the spammers that use them, this should be a lesson to legitimate businesses looking for free hosting. You get what you pay for.

If you have a website or planning to build one, it’s highly recommended that you choose a good, reliable hosting service. These days, the prices of web hosting services are very low, especially if you choose to use shared hosting.