Spammers Are Targeting Free Web Hosts
Spammers have found a new way to avoid being blocked immediately. They are now using free web hosting services to help them carry out their disreputable deeds albeit temporarily. They are doing this by jumping on the backs of some legitimate free web hosting companies for as long as they can. A report by security company McAfee has brought this despicable trend to our attention.
The free hosting and free subdomains on offer by many free web hosting companies are being taken advantage of by these spammers who are signing up with the hosts. They are more often than not permitted to also use a one of a kind third-level domain which makes them appear to be a legitimate site. It is here that the problems begin.
The reason for this growing trend is because it is not as easy to block a site that has been legitimately in existence for some time as it is to block a brand new infected site. Genuine traffic will probably have been directed to the free web host if it has been around for a while. This can result in a longer delay before spam blockers actually block the host. This delay can give the spammers time to generate more than a billion messages .
Any free web hosts with links to 0catch.com are seen to be the ones that will be most likely to be targeted by spammers according to McAfee. The fact that they provide web hosting to anonymous accounts and do nothing to prevent malware from being hosted are the main reasons they are targeted.
This just adds to the many reasons why legitimate online businesses should not opt for free web hosting. It is important for those who want their online business ventures to succeed to choose paid web hosting. This will enable them to prevent spammers from destroying all the hard work they have put in to their online businesses.
When you decide to go into internet marketing, you should make sure that you have hosting sorted out. The web hosting world can be a confusing one though for a newbie. An example of this could be coming across reseller web hosting or even linux web hosting while searching different options.
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