*** Update November 3, 2018: I was thanked for this post so you might want to try it. Another alternative is Twitter. (I hate chat support!) All but one of my clients are off of Hostgator and only a few left on EIG. Who is good at ticket support is BigScoots.com out of Chicago. Hostgator […]
Symptoms: Instead of your site showing, an image appears “This website is currently under maintenance. Come back later!” Your URL is being forwarded to http://YOURURL.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi Diagnosis: Invoice not paid to Hostgator web host. This interesting anonymous graphic slapped on a client’s site last week. I am the site admin and I did not put the […]
I’ve been getting a slew of these Paypal Phishing spam emails. It said I have purchased something. Of course the link does NOT go to Paypal. If you wonder what is going on in your account – go to the main site, do not log in via an email link.
Well, it’s my birthday today and when people ask me about the joy of the day and I tell them, they are sorry they asked. It’s like one of those classic Holiday Letters – “Billy broke his arm, our house needs a new roof, and I am having my gallbladder removed while I write this […]
I previously commented on LinkedIn Phishing and today a very real looking Facebook notification appeared. I worry about you so I thought I’d publish this again. How to detect if an email notification is legit or phishing: Hover over the link and see where it leads. If that doesn’t work just go directly to the […]
I’ve been getting some fake LinkedIn messages lately. How do you know they are fake? Hover over the accept button and see where it leads to. This one does not go to LinkedIn. If you can’t tell or don’t want to bother, just go directly to LinkedIn instead of through the email message link – […]