If we do this, make sure not to link to the bad domain. Linking, usually, gives the destination link higher status to places like Google.
On Sat, Dec 5, 2015, 2:48 PM easyw <[email protected]> wrote: > I would also put an alert on kicad-pcb.org warning of different domain > extensions and on the forum... > > > On 5 December 2015 20:48:00 CET, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think fabulous is their domain registrar, not the actual owner. It >> used to be that actual owners had to put their contact information in the >> whois information, but it was scraped and people sent too much garbage to >> domain owners based on that information, so I guess nowadays basically >> every registrar puts their own information and "forwards" information on to >> the actual owner. >> >> I did a few searches and it looks like Fabulous.com has suspended domains >> before because of spam, so this may be something we can actually handle--if >> we want to. I can see it going good or bad, but if do we do choose to >> "take action", alerting Fabulous.com that one of the domains they >> registered is scam/malware might be a good idea. >> >> Adam Wolf >> >> On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 12/5/2015 2:17 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: >>> > What do folks normally do for things like this? Do we need a KiCad >>> > trademark before we can start rattling cages at webhosts? >>> >>> I have no idea what the protocol is here. If anyone has any useful >>> advice, I'm open to suggestion. Should we at least alert the ironically >>> named fabulous.com that they are serving malware under kicad.com or are >>> they a shady outfit by trade? How would we even find out? >>> >>> > >>> > Their registrar is fabulous.com <http://fabulous.com>, and their >>> > acceptable use policy is >>> > here: >>> http://www.fabulous.com/informationcenter/index.htm?formdata%5Bqid%5D=1533 >>> > >>> > It says their services must not be used to "send or distribute any >>> > virus, worm, trojan or other malicious code". >>> >>> Apparently they forgot to read their own service agreement :). Maybe >>> their service has been compromised. Sigh! One more thing to deal with >>> that really doesn't help move KiCad along. >>> >>> > >>> > Adam Wolf >>> > >>> > >>> > On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Mark Roszko <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Just a warning, the domain (kicad.com <http://kicad.com>) which we >>> > don't control now >>> > distributes malware and scams! >>> > >>> > http://i.imgur.com/4GQz7jL.png >>> > http://i.imgur.com/2OzKO1O.png >>> > >>> > >>> > Kind of sad because this can be fucking over some potential KiCad >>> > users. It seems to attack Chrome and Firefox users. >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > Post to : [email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]> >>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > Post to : [email protected] >>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- > Sent from Mobile >
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