Reply
HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
Old 05-08-2008, 02:19 PM HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
Junior Talker

Posts: 3
Name: Bob
Location: Preston UK
The domain name I own is www.freecraftdownloads.com .... earlier today after being on a secure site I mistakenly visited https://www.freecraftdownloads.com which resolves to someone oses website.

I've tried the same error with other domain names but they don't do the same thing... have asked other people to check in case it was something on my comp but they get the same... how do I find out whats going on and stop it? Any help would be appreciated.
splatcat is offline
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile Visit splatcat's homepage!
 
Sponsored Links (We share ad revenue):
 
Old 05-08-2008, 07:11 PM Re: HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
Junior Talker

Posts: 3
Name: Bob
Location: Preston UK
OK forget I asked :-) After a bit more investigation have found out that the other site is on the same shared server as mine... have contacted my hosting company to resolve the issue.
__________________
splatcat is offline
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile Visit splatcat's homepage!
 
Old 05-08-2008, 07:24 PM Re: HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
vangogh's Avatar
Post Impressionist

Latest Blog Post:
Welcome to Van SEO Design
Posts: 8,076
Name: Steven Bradley
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Check with your hosting company. That other site is using the same hosting company you are and I'm guessing their site is on the same server. I don't think it's anything you did and I don't think someone is trying to get away with something underhanded, though it is a possibility.

I think this might just be a misconfigured file on the server that your hosting company can fix easily enough.

Let your web host know about the problem first and see if they can fix things.

Edit: Looks like you posted while I was looking into things, but we both came to the same conclusion.
__________________
l Search Engine Friendly Web Design | Van SEO Design
l Tips On Marketing, SEO, Design, and Development | TheVanBlog
l Custom WordPress Themes
vangogh is offline
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile Visit vangogh's homepage!
 
Old 05-08-2008, 09:33 PM Re: HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
Junior Talker

Posts: 3
Name: Bob
Location: Preston UK
Thanks for takling the time to look... they have no refered it to their "billing department" which seems strange to me... I would have though a server miss-config !
__________________
splatcat is offline
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile Visit splatcat's homepage!
 
Old 05-09-2008, 06:46 AM Re: HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
chrishirst's Avatar
Super Moderator

Posts: 10,682
Location: Blackpool. UK
Quote:
After a bit more investigation have found out that the other site is on the same shared server as mine
As it would be.
It should actually be part of YOUR hosting.

it will be a error in the setup and https: site will be pointed to the wrong physical space on the server.
__________________
Chris. ->> Links are advertising NOT optimising!! <<-
Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Code Samples | People Counting System
chrishirst is offline
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile Visit chrishirst's homepage!
 
Old 05-09-2008, 07:33 AM Re: HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
tripy's Avatar
Fetchez la vache!

Latest Blog Post:
Pretty pretty please….
Posts: 1,705
Name: Thierry
Location: In the void
Probably a incomplete apache setup.
When a virtual host is not defined in the Apache virtual hosts list, it shows the default (usually the first declared) virtual host of his list.

Probably that's what hapenned to you.
__________________
Listen to the ducky: "This is awesome!!!"

tripy is online now
Reply With Quote
View Public Profile
 
Sponsored Links (We share ad revenue):
 
Reply     « Reply to HAs my Domain Name been Hijacked (sort of)
 

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off




   
RSS Feed  Feeds: RSS   JS   XML
RSS Feed  Feeds for this forum: RSS   JS   XML


Page generated in 0.17719 seconds with 14 queries