Site hacked ads replaced

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by skelator, Feb 28, 2008.

  1. #1
    One of my sites go hacked by the hosting i was using and they changed my ads and put in their own adsense how do i report them.
     
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  2. grg

    grg Guest

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    Report it directly to the Adsense Team.
     
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  3. infogle

    infogle Prominent Member

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    i am doubtful because you are saying that your site is hacked by your host...

    where you want to report...?
     
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    kush86 Well-Known Member

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    I would be mad, but its easy to replace the ads again.
     
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  5. skelator

    skelator Banned

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    It was hacked by my host. I was using a free host called hostwithed.us and yesterday one of my sites go 45k views and he must have seen i was making a lot of money off of that so he changed my password to my hosting and added his own ads instead of mine.
     
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    Ganceann Peon

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    Just curious as with free hosting they will normally have something in place to offset the cost to them... it is usually their ads running. However, if they do not have a policy regarding it, then it is definitely very bad on their part.

    They could have consulted with you and advised about the number of visitors and then looked at implementing revenue sharing rather than taking over and putting their own ads in there.

    Before raising any issues with Adsense, you will need to speak with your host - and keep track of the messages as well as read their terms of service (it could be in their terms of service that they have authority to place ads on your content if you exceed a certain limit?). I am just thinking of some possibilities, but hopefully you get it resolved.

    Are you 100% sure that it was your host and not someone else?
     
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  7. skelator

    skelator Banned

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    Not only did they replace their ads with mine they added a few pages to my site.
     
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    report to google or sabotage ur own site
     
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  9. skelator

    skelator Banned

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    I reported to google but who knows how long thats gonna take. I also changed the name servers to a different host.
     
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    Can you please tell us what is your host ? so we would know to watch out from them?
     
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  11. skelator

    skelator Banned

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    The host is hostedwith.us even after i deleted my account their and removed all the files its still showing their pages.
     
    skelator, Feb 28, 2008 IP
  12. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    don't report. click the hell out of the ads and give the site url to your friends and tell them to click like hell. google will ban them in 2 days. hackers! i got one site hacked and they wiped off my entire directory and put one page saying your site has been hacked. they changed the DNS from my host to a custom DNS, no idea how they did that
     
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    Proximity Banned

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    It happened to my friend a year ago, and it was really sad. He didnt even knew it forawhile..
     
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    skelator Banned

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    ok i finally changed my site off their host thanks for the help. DO NOT USE HOSTEDWITH.US they are hackers and scammer.
     
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    Things like this tend top happen with free hosting pretty often and unfortunately, it's not even hacking or illegal, but normally well covered in their TOS. It's not like paid hosting, you normally give them an irrevocable right on your content, they just let you use it, but are free to close your account and do anything they want with your site.

    Don't get me wrong, it's not how business should be done, it's shady, but unfortunately many freehosts make money exactly this way. It's their business model and I'd bet that it's hidden somewhere in the TOS that you allow them to do what they did. Sucks anyway.

    If you want to secure your income long term, solid paid hosting is a must have, it's the basement of your business.
     
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    skelator Banned

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    Yeah i have paid hosting i was just gonna try out a new site so i thought just to use some free hosting to set it up real quick. it was a mistake :( but i switched it to paid hosting and it should be good :)
     
    skelator, Feb 28, 2008 IP