Hi Pat
The web site may not have been hacked but possibly the domain name has
been "cyber-squatted" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_squatting>
Whois.net shows fruitipedia.com was owned by an Indian company and the
domain expired on 5 Feb 2009. <http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=fruitipedia&tld=com
>
The current IP address of www.fruitipedia.com resolves to 69.64.147.16
which was traced to Bellevue, Wa, USA.
Did your acquaintance renew their domain registration in time?
HTH
warren
On 09/02/2009, at 12:29 PM, Pat wrote:
An acquaintance of mine developed a popular website devoted to fruit
information. This website has now been hijacked by some other
entity. Actually, I had seen this particular site come up in
responce to clicking other URLS while doing some fruit research.
Obviously the hijacking is extensive.
My question: can anyone direct me to an appropriate place where I
can make a complaint and try to get some action in undoing the
hijacking?
The proper URL is www.fruitipedia.com. The hijacker has added the
words Fruti and Pedia to the fake site, using javascript that
directs one to various other sites, and the closest I could find to
the originator turned up this:
<body> <form name="form1" method="post" action="Default.aspx"
id="form1"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE"
id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/
wEPDwUKMTYyNzcxNDY4NmRkyQ2yJKovz0ezDau7NpEIvDxI54c=" /> </div>
<div> This page does nothing. </div> </form> </body>
On behalf of my friend, I will be grateful for advice.
Pat
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