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rockintyler8

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x10hosting favicon detected?
« on: March 12, 2013, 04:40:50 AM »
I'm not sure if it's a false positive, but http://x10hosting.com which is a legitimate site is reporting a threat. When I visit it, avast dings twice so i think the site has been hack-inserted.  Can anyone confirm this?

Edit: Make that 3 dings.
Edit2: From a further analysis, it detects that 7 items on the page, including the stylesheet, are infected.
« Last Edit: March 12, 2013, 04:45:04 AM by rockintyler8 »

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Re: x10hosting favicon detected?
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2013, 05:55:22 AM »
As x10hosting is a shared domain, I'd imagine that many of its subdomains are used maliciously. Thus, avast! blacklists all these sites.

If you're going to buy a domain, I recommend you use Media Template, Host Gator, or even WordPress.com. The use of a x10hosting site isn't worth it.

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Re: x10hosting favicon detected?
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2013, 05:56:54 AM »
As x10hosting is a shared domain, I'd imagine that many of its subdomains are used maliciously. Thus, avast! blacklists all these sites.

If you're going to buy a domain, I recommend you use Media Template, Host Gator, or even WordPress.com. The use of a x10hosting site isn't worth it.

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Well I'm only 15 and don't really have the funds.  My domain shows no red alerts though, and I have my own stylesheets and all.

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Re: x10hosting favicon detected?
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2013, 05:58:54 AM »
Hi Tyler,

I am 14 and I own my own site (http://donovanglover.com). I used my own money. 15$ yearly for the domain and ~$10 monthly for hosting.

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rockintyler8

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Re: x10hosting favicon detected?
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2013, 08:32:04 AM »
Seriosuly though, the amount of threats on the site has risen from 9 to 17? What the heck?