IX Web Hosting Reviews August 2008
| Jebac, 30th 2008f August, 2008 |
| CRAP, CRAP, CRAP. Avoid them at ALL cost. I was stupid not to google for review before signing up. |
| Jim, 30th 2008f August, 2008 |
| Good service until a few weeks ago and since then it can’t get much worse. Two of my domains (I have 5) have been moved and the others will soon follow. |
| Jeff, 18th 2008f August, 2008 |
| I had been a customer of IX Web Hosting for over 4 years. I have watched their service and support deteriorate significantly especially the past year. My web sites were routinely down and IX Web Hosting missed their guaranteed up-time metrics nearly every month. When I complained they would credit my account for an additional month. Finally after my sites were down for 10 consecutive days I decided a change was in order. I moved my sites and canceled my IX Web Hosting account. Rather than getting the money back I was told I would get a fraction of the refund I was owed. The customer service and billing department argued that the credits I received for them missing their stated guarantee were basically worthless from a monetary standpoint and that they continued to incur charges. Not only did I have to endure countless outages and deal with incompetent technical support leading to additional downtime and outages but I would pay for this “privilege” receiving a minimum refund. I’ve opened a complaint with the Better Business Bureau about their business tactics and I recommend to everyone to say as far away from IX Web Hosting as possible. If you already have an account there I suggest getting out while you can before you find your sites and your money drained. |
| Useless Uptime, 08th 2008f August, 2008 |
| I do not recommend them at all. STAY AWAY. Their servers are continually down, and suppport is non existant, if you try to resolve things with them |
| no need for detail, 03rd 2008f August, 2008 |
| You’ve said it all. Thank God my account is up for renewal in 30 days. I am looking elsewhere. CC2k will post its new home when we find one and are sure it will not bring heartache to others. Bye Bye IX, you had you chances, way too many of them. |
| chris, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Yes, it was working for about 10 minutes, i was able to get an order … then it’s down again. The guy who tripped over the cord maybe also spilled coffee over the electrical outlet. God! |
| bigboytoyauction.com, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| DANG IT !!!! It was working and i start uploading and BAM!! MFR its down again |
| Chris, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Haha.. funny. I actually tried to click on Ixwebhosting.com google ads and the site doesn’t load. This is how our customers are feeling when they click on our ads. This also isn’t good for internet rankings I suppose. My server is down at the moment and i’m just sitting here twittling my thumbs. |
| kenny, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Actually I couldnt get on their website but you can call them at 1800 385 0450 or 1 614 534 1961. I dont understand how their who network of servers are down at the same time. Did someone trip over the power cord? Well, i have to say at least they answered my call. This is the 6th time the server was down in the past week. I have three website monitors running at the same time which alert me each time the server is down. This doesn’t include server stalling problems. Im starting to regret I am hosting with ixwebhosting. If this continues I will for certain move to another company. |
| kenny, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Yes, the server is down. I contacted Ixwebhosting just now and they said it will be fixed in 30 minutes. I also used alertra to check ixwebhosting website and they are down as well. Just keep clicking on their google ads so they know how it feels when our websites are down and people click on ours. Here is the logs for Ixwebhosting.com website itself.
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| bigboytoyaction.com, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Dont get me wrong, I have used them for quite a while and never had an issue but all of a sudden its not working. I think its back up now guys try it. This means it was only down for about 5 minutes. |
| bigboytoyauction.com, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| My server is down to this isnt normal I was in the middle of uploading something. |
| Kenny, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| The problem I found is that when the server is down with Ixwebhosting they will deny it is down. Even with proof logs of 3rd party monitoring companies such as alertra and internetseers. My server is down right now as well. I need help but cannot find anyone at ixwebhosting. |
| Chris, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| hello, yes, my server is down with ixwebhosting too. I dont think they know how to run a company. Something is wrong. The server is down more than once a week! I also need suggestions on better servers. This isn’t cutting it. |
| Jack, 02nd 2008f August, 2008 |
| Any good suggestions on servers. Ixwebhosting.com server is down at this moment and I cannot get to contact anyone at the company. |
IX Web Hosting Reviews July 2008
| Patrick, 28th 2008f July, 2008 |
| ixwebhosting.com is basically bottom of the barrel hosting. I can’t imagine anything worse. Their server went down again Saturday and now my entire wiki website no longer works because of a corrupted database. Do not use this host because you WILL have problems. Lots of them. |
| Pascal, 28th 2008f July, 2008 |
| I have to admit, IXwebhosting is not that good. My site has been down 4 times in the past year. sometimes it takes 12-24 hours to get things back up and running. The email servers have been slow lately. Right now, my FTP service does not work; I can’t login either. I’ve started looking for another host because reliability is my main concern. |
| Alex Ho, 28th 2008f July, 2008 |
| Ok, GUYS, I’m so pissed with this ixwebhosting sh*t. 2 weeks ago their MySQL server was down and they didn’t save a back up for me even they could be able to back up some other databases which made me so pissed coz I have a forum of 12,000 members for 5 years. (Fortunately I got my own back up, but it’s 6 months old!) Yes, I called them, chatted live, emailed, ticketed, all sh*t, but all I got was “we are wrking on it”. Funny, huh?
They have cheap plans, I agree, the reason I chose them cause they had cheap plans, and I tested their website speed with a tool, and their site speed was light speed. However, after using their hosting for 2 years, now their hosting service turned out too bad now. My sites have been on and off, regardless the daytime or nighttime. Just imagine you staying home on Saturday night and Sunday night coding your site instead of going out watch movies with your cute girlfriend, and suddenly the site&host&ftp… everything shut down at 1am when you are so stuck with the code, that’s b*** sh*t huh? GUYS, PLEASE THINK OVER BEFORE BUYING THIS HOSTING SERVICE: IXWEBHOSTING.COM <= Cheap doesn’t mean good! I’m on my way finding another hosting, hix Anyway, read over this comment box to see how BAD this hosting service is! I saw about 95% NEGATIVE FEEDBACK! |
| cashzzz@hotmail.com, 27th 2008f July, 2008 |
| The server is down right now receiving the following error: HTTP/1.1 500 Server Error. The reply from the tech support said they cannot help and we need to send a ticket to the center. All sites are down. It’s time to move servers. |
| kads, 22nd 2008f July, 2008 |
| i am moving webhost. my site is down at the moment, their support doesnt even speak english, my emails dont work. their site doesn’t work. + when my site does load, it loads at 2 miles per century. im moving to 5quidhost.co.uk which has awesome reviews. |
| cashzzz@hotmail.com, 20th 2008f July, 2008 |
| I think we have to throw in the towel soon. We have given ixwebhosting a serious try and in the past 2 months, the web server has been down more than 8-10 times. The email server also had problems as well and does not send out emails. We have also contacted the tech support online, which is good they have this feature, but they never know how to fix the problem. They will ask you to send an email. But they wont fix it until hours up to 5 days. We are looking for better hosting and would like your suggestions. Ixwebhosting is not good enough at this point. Server has too many problems and downtime is serious. |
| elawcase@gmail.com, 20th 2008f July, 2008 |
| Ixwebhosting.com server ns13, and ns14 is currently down. We have contacted ixwebhosting support and they do not how to fix the problem. The server has been down for 3 days intermittently. The server is down now. |
| Steve, 19th 2008f July, 2008 |
| The uptime is brilliant. My site has only been down twice for about 5 minutes. But I do not recommend this host. The MySQL server I am on has a lot of problems. Some guy I know keylogged me and got into my forums and deleted everything. The backups I uploaded wouldn’t work, so I made a support ticket. It took them TWO WEEKS to reply. They said they had a backup from the day before it was hacked. I asked them to restore it. A week later they replied again and said they didn’t have the backup. So, I had to completely start my forum over again. Next month I will be moving host, and I asked them to email me a backup of my website. I have been waiting 3 days so far and still no reply from them.
THE SUPPORT SUCKS. Do not host with these guys. It is a waste of money and a waste of time. Plus they have really bad servers. |
| abimbola, 15th 2008f July, 2008 |
| In the name of almighty God, do not host with ixwebhosting!You will have the greatest regrets in your life. All the websites I have been developing for years disappeared and ixwebhosting said that was due to massive hard storage failure and that the data are irrecoverable.Please,Please,Please do not host with this company as it is not a company but a form of internet dupe! |
| good by_ix, 12th 2008f July, 2008 |
| ix webhosting service # Stop service ticketing technical support. # Stop service database. # Problems are endless. # Company on the precipice, waiting to fall down. # I advise you: Make your files and transferred into the computer. |
| kads, 09th 2008f July, 2008 |
| have opened a ticket for 2 days on ix, and it hasnt been responded to. live chat is also unhelpful. my emails are down and i can’t access them. this is the first problem i’ve had. |
| cashzzz, 03rd 2008f July, 2008 |
| Okay, it has been now 4-5 days that the email server does not work with ixwebhosting. They keep saying please wait 24 hours and the issue will be resolved. But so far their email webserver is not working or sending emails out. I think I may need to throw in the towel soon. Ixwebhosting does not know how to run their web servers or maintain it. If they do not fix the email server 2 more days, I have to urgently move my server.. anyone with good suggestions of a company who is reliable, know how to maintain the server, doesn’t overload the servers, has multi domain hosting for ASP classic pages, and uses HSphere, please let me know. Thank you. cashzzz@hotmail.com |
| cashzzz, 02nd 2008f July, 2008 |
| I’m quite frustrated because the email server at ixwebhosting is not working properly . Not sending out emails at all. This is the second day and the issue is not resolved yet. Really frustrating. If anyone has suggestions of other hosting that uses hsphere control panel and unlimited domain hosting, pls let me know. cashzzz@hotmail.com |
Reviews of IX Web Hosting June 2008
| ixhater, 26th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Run for the hills if you are thinking of signing up with ix. The adage, “you get what you pay for” is most appropriate. Unlimited web space? HAH! Suspended my account after it hit 60 GB without any notice. |
| rh, 22nd 2008f June, 2008 |
| And yes they suspended me once too, after I called tech support, they said I was violating the TOS. I was not as I was trying to get my WordPress installed. I called them and after I cussed them out on the phone, I had to get really mad until they fixed things. If you use IX you will be sorry. I hate to say that but, I dont want others to experience the grief I have. Yes they are cheap, but you get what you pay for and I would rather pay more and get something reliable and something I can count on. You simply cannot count for IX webhosting for hosting a simple wordpress site. Page cannot display happens all the time. |
| rh, 22nd 2008f June, 2008 |
| I have had ixwebhosting since 9/2007, I do not recommend them at all. STAY AWAY. You will be sorry if you choose them because, half the time the pages on my simple WORDPRESS blogs do not display. The tech support chat is totally useless. I am in the process of changing hosting companies as I type this. The slow response has been a damage to my reputation. DO NOT USE them, they are total hype. I am glad I didnt rely on them more, I have several domains I am developing. |
| cariani, 20th 2008f June, 2008 |
| DONT EVER HOST WITH THEM!!! This company is a fraudelent Company!I had “Unlimited Pro” account with them after 6 months (after the number of my visitors growed). THEY DID DIRECTLY AND WIHTOUT ANY WARNINGS SUPSPEND MY ACCOUNT!! If you have more than 50 vistiors a day, IXWEBHOSTING WILL SUSPEND YOU and the most bad thing is- in the beginning, you will read “ACCOUNT SUPSENDED” and they put their own material ADVERTISING WITH SEX-LINKS ON YOUR WEBSITE!!!
DONT BELIVE WHAT THEY SAY!!! DONT BELIVE ON MONEY BACK GUARANTEE- YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOU MONEY AGAIN!! regards For more Information contct me at little_ding_at@yahoo.de dzemaili |
| George L., 14th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Go to M6.net – the best and cheapest windows hosting in the world – I use it 8 month and very glad!!! |
| lee, 13th 2008f June, 2008 |
| I get the following message each time I report the problem to their livechat:Sorry, unfortunately I can’t resolve this issue, please create a ticket to our administrators and they will help to solve your problem. You can create a ticket from your control panel -> 24\7 help desk – ticket center.
And when I create a ticket, I would get a reply from them that should I get anymore error, please contact our live chat immediately. And when I contact the livechat, they would tell me the problem cannot be resolved by livechat, please create a ticket. Good grief! this fraudulent company should be investigated. |
| lee, 13th 2008f June, 2008 |
| ixwebhosting.com is the worst hosting company exist. I have a very simple wordpress blog, and almost 90% of the time I cannot get to my web site. Each time I try to access my site, I get the ‘error establishing database connection’. When I asked them, they said that such problem is difficult to resolve because it’s a shared mysql server, it is possible that other users are abusing their server and it will take them time to find the users who abuse their servers and then they would mark my case as resolved. There tech support is horrible. The livechat is useless and waste of time. I have already send in my request to cancel my account. |
| GeeJ, 12th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Value for money. Great for starting out but they have a few weaknesses… The email system they use is SLOWWW and un-reliable You need to resolve (= be patient and wait) your own problems. Great for a non- critical site with not too much traffic. For a mission critical site, you will need to fork out more $$$s |
| cashzzz, 12th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Okay, just letting everyone know that the server is down again. This is really way too much. I think it’s time to move away from ixwebhosting servers. Not reliable. Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 30.00 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Hong Kong CHN Error N/A 30.00 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Frankfurt DEU Error N/A 30.02 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT London GBR Error N/A 30.01 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Oklahoma City USA Error N/A 30.00 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Las Vegas USA Error N/A 30.00 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Chicago USA Error N/A 30.00 2008-06-12 07:52:00 EDT Shanghai CHN Error N/A 30.15 |
| cashzzz, 12th 2008f June, 2008 |
| finally the site is running but is slow. 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT Hong Kong CHN OK 76.0 4.65 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT Sydney AUS OK 76.0 3.62 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT Frankfurt DEU OK 76.1 3.20 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT London GBR OK 76.1 1.06 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT Las Vegas USA OK 76.1 1.36 2008-06-12 05:24:00 EDT Chicago USA OK 76.1 0.66 2008-06-12 05:23:27 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 31.47 |
| cashzzz, 12th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Right now, it is 4:08 Hong Kong time and the server is down again. This is the fourth time and the server is on and off throughout the day. Here is the proof logs. Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT London GBR Error N/A 30.73 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 30.48 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Hong Kong CHN Error N/A 30.50 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Las Vegas USA Error N/A 30.36 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Frankfurt DEU Error N/A 30.26 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Oklahoma City USA Error N/A 30.23 2008-06-12 04:06:53 EDT Chicago USA Error N/A 30.02 |
| cashzzz, 10th 2008f June, 2008 |
| 5 hours later.. look what i got again checking the sites. I’m realizing that their claim that their server is never down is false: Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 30.96 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Hong Kong CHN Error N/A 30.93 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Las Vegas USA Error N/A 30.70 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Frankfurt DEU Error N/A 30.55 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT London GBR Error N/A 30.45 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Atlanta USA Error N/A 30.44 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Chicago USA Error N/A 30.15 2008-06-10 17:53:59 EDT Oklahoma City USA Error N/A 30.16 |
| cashzzz, 10th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Okay, I am having webserver issues and the tech support at ixwebhosting was not helpful at all. The server was down and i had proof from 3rd party monitors. Igor Sedov: Hello, my name is Igor, please let me know how can I help you today?you: hello server is down again you: it was down already two times in the last 30 minutes you: www.flowers.com.hk or create88 is the account you: Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-10 12:51:04 EDT Atlanta USA Error N/A 30.08 you: hello? you: the website is also not responding now you: www.flowers.com.hk you: Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 30.49 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Shanghai CHN Error N/A 30.75 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Frankfurt DEU Error N/A 30.27 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT London GBR Error N/A 30.22 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Las Vegas USA Error N/A 30.14 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Oklahoma City USA Error N/A 30.11 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Atlanta USA Error N/A 30.09 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Chicago USA Error N/A 30.02 2008-06-10 12:56:12 EDT Hong Kong CHN OK 98.8 27.63 Igor Sedov: Please hold on, let me check you: Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-10 12:59:05 EDT Sydney AUS OK 98.8 5.65 2008-06-10 12:58:33 EDT Atlanta USA OK 98.8 30.30 you: it might pull up the site but then stall Igor Sedov: I see that your site is working you: it works then stalls you: it’s now on error now you: please try to click on links or check 3rd party monitors you: it’s not working most of the time you: Timestamp Location Result Size Time 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Shanghai CHN Error N/A 33.88 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Sydney AUS Error N/A 30.48 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Hong Kong CHN Error N/A 30.51 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Frankfurt DEU Error N/A 30.27 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT London GBR Error N/A 30.21 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Las Vegas USA Error N/A 30.14 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Oklahoma City USA Error N/A 30.15 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Atlanta USA Error N/A 30.09 2008-06-10 12:59:42 EDT Chicago USA Error N/A 30.03 Igor Sedov: How can I reproduce your error? you: you can also check alertra.com and type in flowers.com.hk you: the server is down for all sites you: NOT working now Igor Sedov: I see that your site is working fine and fast. Try to use another browser you: can you try to click on a few links? you: i just got a few monitors telling me it is not working you: what happens it will work for a few seconds then stall you: its been like this for the past hour you: this was sent by another 3rd party monitor half hour ago: Time: 06/11/2008 00:19:53 (GMT+08:00) URL: http://www.flowers.com.hk/hongkong.asp Status: FAILED 4 times since 06/11/2008 00:19:52 Reason: Timeout you: Flowers.hk is now stalling Igor Sedov: Sorry, unfortunately I can’t resolve this issue, please create a ticket to our administrators and they will help to solve your problem. You can create a ticket from your control panel -> 24\7 help desk – ticket center. you: try to click on a few links you: i have sent it already you: can you please contact the tech support and ask what is happening with the server you: it’s stalling now you: please check you: www.flowers.hk you: or www.flowers.com.hk you: try to click on links you: stalling now you: also you can go on www.alertra.com and type in flowers.com.hk you: you will see the error Igor Sedov: Please create the ticket and we resolve your issue as soon as possible. Sorry for possible inconvenience you: i did already you: try now you: it’s stalling you: www.alertra.com you: there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SERVER NOW you: I NEED TO GET THE SERVER FIXED you: I HAVE CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE TOLD ME THE SITE IS SLOW Igor Sedov: Please, create the ticket via your helpdesk. (Log in into your account main page —> Click on “24/7 Help Center” at the right at the screen) you: PLEASE FIX IT you: I HAVE SENT THIS ALREADY you: THE SERVER IS NOT FIXED you: CHECK THE SITE AGAIN you: NOT WORKING!!!! you: PLEASE you: IGOR YOU ARE NOT CHECKING THE SITE you: I NEED YOU TO CHECK you: THIS IS GETTING FRUSTRATING you: Here’s now three of the customers emails saying the site is not working Igor Sedov: Sorry for this delay But you need to contact to our administrators via the ticket you: sure i will also add this to webhosting blogs you: this is terrible you: you are not fixing the issue Igor Sedov: First of all let me express the most sincere apologies for such inconvenience you are encountering at the present moment. Sorry but other department will resolve your issue. you: i will add this to a blog site. I feel you are not trying to solve the problem Igor Sedov: Did you create the ticket? you: 30 minutes ago yes..but still the problem is happening |
| cashzzzathotmail, 08th 2008f June, 2008 |
| I gave ixwebhosting a try. Right now at this moment, the server is down for 3 hours and i am still waiting for someone to fix it. I am told they send an email to their admin but what does that mean? I asked them to contact the tech support but they said they sent an email. I don’t know how much longer the server will be down. I will let everyone know when it is fixed. The server down is ns13.ixwebhosting.com and ns14.ixwebhosting.com. |
| Net Gear, 05th 2008f June, 2008 |
| IXWH has problems on occasion, like all hosting companies, and I’ll be the first to say I’ve been frustrated a few times. But, much of the complaints I’ve read here are obviously due to user error. I’ve been with them for over 5 years, and my site has been down once. That was when they recently moved their boxes to Ohio. For the money, they’re hard to beat. Put a bunch of salt on the loudest complaints. Especially the one from the idiot ex-employee that had his paycheck screwed-up. That’s hilarious. |
| Brian, 05th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Where was this site before I stupidly signed up with these yuts. What a horrible mistake. Web site goes down every 3-4 days. Yes, they get it up as soon as I complain, but that is not the point. Their servers are OVERLOADED and crash often! |
| Sorry_no_good, 05th 2008f June, 2008 |
| I know, I know, for the price you shouldn’t complain. But this service is not that good, even for a basic site. I signed up and in the first night had major trouble. I use PHP emails on most of my sites, and in all cases the PHP mail server was BAD!! It took nearly 48 hours for some emails and many did not arrive at all. They apparently had this problem for months and still did not have it solved. Their Tech Support ticket system took days to respond and that was not good. Their live chat always resulted in them saying something like, “we cannot help you now, please raise a ticket”. Their service center would promise calls from tech support people, and again these would take days to call you. They offer you free months hosting when you complain, but that does not solve the issue. I cancelled within 4 days of hosting with them and moved to Bluehost. Bluehost has been a good option for me though I know others don’t like it, I think it’s a great service. |
| bob smith, 04th 2008f June, 2008 |
| I worked for this company. The company that hosts is called IXWEBHOSTING. The callcenter for help is called Ecommerce. Located in Hopkinsville KY. They are a bunch of unprofessional screw ups. They lie to the customers and tell them whatever to get them off the phones. I know because I did it. They are also in with a bunch of Ukrainians. Prolly the Russian Mafia or something. Whole thing is shady. Too many people on the servers.. too much traffic. They won’t do crap for you. They mess up the employees checks and crap.. they are ghetto. |
| gigapixel, 04th 2008f June, 2008 |
| Mail servers again are taking over 24 hours to process mail in. Don’t use them if your rely on prompt email |
| Jay, 04th 2008f June, 2008 |
| The email is down many times per week at a minimum. This has been going on for about 6 months. They finally said it was the server I was on, and could move me,but my mail would be down (delayed) for up to 48 hours due to DNS propagation (routing). I said: why not just replace or fix the server, since it’s gotta be affecting others. Copy the info, unplu the bad one and plug in the new one. Downtime of minutes maybe?That’s the reason I left my last host (adaptive.net). After 7 or 8 years, they went to heck too.
If you rely on your email, as we do in our business, don’t use IXwebhosting. |
| p_at_c, 01st 2008f June, 2008 |
| oops it is THIS reating site that gave my hosting company a goo uptime rating – sorry it ws webhotingstuff.com that more realistically dropped them…… |
| p_at_c, 01st 2008f June, 2008 |
| Well I have read all the recent reviews and realise that one cannot rely on the ratings of these review sites as the posted reviews are very negative and yet the the company under review is at the top of the ratings list – makes one think………my own hosting company was dropped from this review site owing to 0% uptime over a monitoring period BUT gets a high rating for uptime on another ratings site (sigh)… |
26,991 IX Web hosting customers infected
Dear Nicole,
In our ongoing commitment to the security of our customers, we have discovered a vulnerability located within many of our client’s websites, including yours. This is a self replicating virus which is found by visiting well-known search engines. When you click on any link it may redirect you to a fake Anti-Virus 2009 website which appears to scan your system and then asks you to download the software. Once downloaded and installed it begins displaying pop ups on your desktop. At this time it collects your FTP user name and password from your own computer and uses that information to upload an exploited file named “.htaccess” to your website. Any visitors to your website will then be redirected to the fake anti-virus website.
We have dedicated our systems administration team to finding a solution to this and are happy to say that as one of the first hosting companies we have successfully cleaned all instances of this virus from our servers more than a week ago, and are continually scanning them to ensure your site does not become re-infected.
While your website is now secure, your computer may still be at risk. Here are two easy steps that will detect and remove this malicious software from your computer and make sure your website will not spread the virus again:
1. Uninstall the fake Anti-Virus software by following the instructions at this link:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/malware-removal/uninstall-antivirus-2009
2. Once removed, change your FTP password from within your web hosting control panel. Once logged in, click on the FTP Manager icon and then on the icon next to the password to change it.
To illustrate the severity of the issue I would like to share some facts with you:
* 26,991 of our customers have been infected with fake Anti-Virus 2009
* 79,469 websites have been spreading the Anti-Virus 2009 infection
* 120,923 malicious files have been removed from our system
We are constantly monitoring our servers for potential threats to your website, and are proud to say that we are among the first web hosts to identify this particular problem, and have been the first to offer a resolution. Your continued and safe presence on the internet is our top priority.
If you have questions regarding any of this information, please contact our support team anytime.
Kind Regards,
Fatima Said, CCO
IX Web Hosting
h**p://www.ixwebhosting.com
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WOW!!!… Let’s break this down..
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In our ongoing commitment to the security of our customers
Well at least they have a sense of humor -
we have discovered a vulnerability located within many of our client’s websites, including yours.
Actually us customers dicovered this SIX MONTHS AGO!! -
This is a self replicating virus which is found by visiting well-known search engines
Hahahaha… so first they blame the customers, now they are blaming all the mayor search engines.. -
At this time it collects your FTP user name and password from your own computer and uses that information to upload an exploited file named “.htaccess” to your website.
Yeahhhh, I know exactly what you are thinking!!.. and Yes it is these idiots that are running IX web hosting … If you believe this, you’ll believe anything. -
We have dedicated our systems administration team to finding a solution.
Yeahh Right, thats like trying to get a lead balloon to fly!! -
To illustrate the severity of the issue I would like to share some facts with you:
* 26,991 of our customers have been infected with fake Anti-Virus 2009
* 79,469 websites have been spreading the Anti-Virus 2009 infection
* 120,923 malicious files have been removed from our system
What can I say?, 26,991 customers fault.. Ooohh and let’s not forget Google.. -
We are proud to say that we are among the first web hosts to identify this particular problem
What this really means, is they are proud of themselves, for being able to bullshit their customers into thinking it’s the customer and Google’s fault. -
and have been the first to offer a resolution.
So these incompetent retards, think that blaming others for their incompetence, and wasting their time by having them download junk, and scan their PC … a Resolution?? -
If you have questions regarding any of this information, please contact our support team anytime.
I think I would rather have someone use my eyeballs as pin cushions than have to deal with the Notourious IX Web Hosting Support .. thats like tring to wipe your arse with your teeth!!
Fathi Said CEO & Founder of Incompetent IX web hosting
German-born Fathi Said has the distinction of having launched and lost his first company, Web hosting outfit Hosting-Network Inc., by the time he was 20 years old. He says he got into business with the wrong partner-and clearly, the collapse of the firm, which hit $7.5 million in annual revenues in 2002, still hurts.
So guess what Said did? He started another Web hosting company in 2003-this time called Ecommerce.com. Headquartered in Austria, but with its main data center in Kentucky, Ecommerce has attracted 80,000 customers and plays home to more than 150,000 Web sites. The company has 130 employees in five countries, and revenues should hit $12 million this year.
:: NOW IT’S TIME FOR A LAUGH ::
Can you explain IX Web Hosting’s Uptime or Cash Guarantee? How important is uptime in the shared hosting marketplace and how do you manage servers so as to ensure that their usage load does not cause server outages?
Customers put their trust in us, and we feel the best way to gain that trust is to guarantee them that their sites will be up and working. We’re very serious about what we do and because of the confidence we have in ourselves and our services, we’re more than willing to offer customers hassle free guarantees for their services.
Although no technology is perfect, we have taken extensive measures and expenses to provide a very stable hosting platform, monitored by a full 24/7/365 staff and an array of tools and equipment.
Customers expect reliable services and we’re eager to please by offering them those services and a safety-net of added money-back guarantees to assure it. If a customer is dissatisfied with our services or if the services are not stable or down, we will gladly offer full refunds. Customers have nothing to lose!
But, the reality is different… VERY DIFFERENT… had this sent to me today by an IX customer who tried to get compensation.
I am very sorry that you have been hacked repeatedly. As far as compensation, I am very sorry but we will be unable to grant you any credit for this issue. If it was something that we had direct influence over, I would be happy to award you credit…unfortunately, we have no control over this situation.
Thank you for your understanding,
Amanda Walsh
Quality Assurance Manager
So, lets take a look at things… This is a problem that has been globally effecting multiple servers throughout the world. We are working on a solution with other hosting providers, but we have not been successful thus far. Well at least they are admitting they have a massive security issue….
As far as compensation, I am very sorry but we will be unable to grant you any credit for this issue. If it was something that we had direct influence over, I would be happy to award you credit…unfortunately, we have no control over this situation. ..
WTF!! so they admit that they have a security issue, that we all know is effecting 1000’s of sites, but even though it is on their servers, because they have no control over the situation, they are not willing to give credit… So basicly no matter what happens, we can forget any refunds!!..
One more time Mr Fathi Said …
Customers put their trust in us, and we feel the best way to gain that trust is to guarantee them that their sites will be up and working. We’re very serious about what we do and because of the confidence we have in ourselves and our services, we’re more than willing to offer customers hassle free guarantees for their services.
AND THE ‘PIECE de RESISTENCE”…..
If a customer is dissatisfied with our services or if the services are not stable or down, we will gladly offer full refunds. Customers have nothing to lose!
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