bt06437
join:2001-12-03
Carrollton, TX | reply to MEeastern_ca
Re: Howard Forum not available temporarily, use www.howardforum.com
(no s at the end) |
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jtel
join:2005-06-28
Bristol, RI Reviews:
 ·GCI.net
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The domain was transferred, with stolen info, to another provider, how could Ghostery or an anti-virus know that?
said by elwoodblues:I'm getting a re-direct on that too, but Ghostery stops the re-direct cold. said by Madtown:My Avast alerted me saying Trojan Horse blocked. |
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johnbor
join:2004-03-30
Chagrin Falls, OH | how do they steal a site like that? didnt they lock it? |
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 Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to Anon
Exactly.... WHAT KIND OF "EMERGENCY SUPPORT" ARE THEY GETTING??
It seems GO DADDY sucks the big one!! -- They should leave them and go with someone MORE RELIABLE!! |
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 alanhdslPremium
join:1999-10-09
Phoenix, AZ | reply to MEeastern_ca
Re: Howard Forum not available Apparently they have to get the registrar it was transferred to to relinquish it, so Go Daddy is waiting on them.
The stolen domain itself won't trigger a virus warning, but they're redirecting howardforums.com to spammy sites which try to install malware. |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | Its ridiculous that someone can do this and have THIS MUCH TROUBLE undoing it!! |
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jtel
join:2005-06-28
Bristol, RI Reviews:
·GCI.net
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Re: Howard Forum not available I've got Ghostery on Chrome with a single site allowed (Disqus) and it auto updates but that didn't make a peep when I was redirected.
Someone also did say that this showed up as a Trojan Horse through their AV. Isn't a Trojan on your computer not out in the cloud? |
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
join:2006-09-05
Kelowna, BC
kudos:2 | reply to MEeastern_ca
Howard seems to have more trouble. The latest: |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | Yes thats the garbage whoever did this to them's stuff!
Im still getting nothing on www.howardforums.com (Nothing good anyway) |
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Re: Howard Forum not available I use Avast! antivirus software on my PC ,and every time I've tried to access howardforums.com since the hijack, I get a Trojan virus notice. I am not sure if it is a false positive, but if it is real, a whole lot of users of Howie will be infected. Caveat emptor. |
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MadtownPremium
join:2008-04-26
Madera, CA | said by cloudio :I use Avast! antivirus software on my PC ,and every time I've tried to access howardforums.com since the hijack, I get a Trojan virus notice. I am not sure if it is a false positive, but if it is real, a whole lot of users of Howie will be infected. Caveat emptor.
I have Avast too and I get the same notice too. |
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Reviews:
 ·BabyTel
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I received the following response from my ISP ElectronicBox today located in Canada. Sept-19-2012. regarding www.howardforums.com
"This is happening because the site you are trying to access has not renewed its license and has been removed so there is an automatic redirection in place." |
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Apparently the web site is now www.howardforum.com. No "s" |
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Markie
join:2003-07-26
Kalispell, MT | reply to MEeastern_ca
While usually the most common cause, that's not the cause this time - someone stole the site. Usually, these guys snap up recently expired domains. This time they stole a domain... |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | And its sad GODADDY isnt doing more to get it back!!
THEY SHOULD DUMP THEM!!!!! |
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moes
join:2009-11-15
Indianapolis, IN Reviews:
 ·Revol Wireless
 ·AT&T DSL Service
·Comcast
| They would not want to dump them without possession of there domain, if they would dump them now, they would possibly never get the domain back, I've lost one domain because of a hosting company just closing up, was never able to transfer it because I could not get the transfer code.
Godaddy is having to play the waiting game for these smucks to give them the code to release the domain back. I would personally be chewing up and down icanns ass for help right about now if Howard knew what was good for him. |
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alanhdslPremium
join:1999-10-09
Phoenix, AZ | reply to MEeastern_ca
Re: Howard Forum not available I wonder if the scammer deliberately chose an unresponsive registrar. Most will work fine if all you need to do can be done online automatically, but if there's no human customer support a case like this will be impossible to resolve. |
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Dude111An Awesome DudePremium
join:2003-08-04
USA
kudos:11 | reply to MEeastern_ca
Cases like this just show NO ONE CARES ABOUT ANYONE and its very sad....... |
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 AnnaS8
join:2005-05-26
Annapolis, MD | Question...Since they got their domain stolen where user accounts exposed? HoFo hasn't told us to change our passwords but I am not sure how safe we are now. Do we need to change our account passwords on HoFo? |
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| said by AnnaS8:Question...Since they got their domain stolen where user accounts exposed? Do we need to change our account passwords on HoFo? according to "howard", all the data is secure:
»www.howardforum.com/content.php/···d4f9ecff
"In case you're wondering our forum data is unrelated to the domain so it is safe" |
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