HowardForums?

DRNewcomb · **HowardForums? -** 17-09-2012, 02:55

Has anyone else been getting strange results when they attempt to access HowardForums today?

rfranzq · **it does seem to have been hijacked [non-technical term] -** 17-09-2012, 03:06

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

Has anyone else been getting strange results when they attempt to access HowardForums today?

From yesterday evening for me, it does seem to have been hijacked [non-technical term].

Thanks for asking. I was wondering if it was just me.

Bossman · 17-09-2012, 11:27

Yep. Same here.

DRNewcomb · 17-09-2012, 11:46

On the Facebook fan page they say to try howardforum.com (no 's'). Something about the domain being stolen.

This on the temporary site:

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Hi everyone and welcome to our temporary domain. As I'm sure you've noticed HowardForums is currently located at the temporary domain HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - HowardForums Home (no "s"). In case you can access this on some of your computers and not others, it will take a few hours for the changes to propagate throughout the internet.

In the meantime, do not access the site via www.howardforums.com unless you hear otherwise from me.

Unfortunately, our domain was stolen over the weekend and I'm currently working with my registrar, GoDaddy on getting it back. While I initially thought GoDaddy wouldn't do anything till Monday, after a a few hours they got back to me. Since then, they have been working with me to get the domain back so kudos to them helping me on the weekend.

Our stolen domain was transferred away to Australia Domain Name Registration Services | .com.au Domains so GoDaddy is waiting for them to respond. Hopefully things will go smoothly so we can get our domain back.

In case you're wondering our forum data is unrelated to the domain so it is safe.

rfranzq · **No 'catching up' necessary -** 17-09-2012, 20:31

At least there was little 'catching up' to do since no one could post any messages the last two days.

Stu · 22-09-2012, 23:15

Read his twitter feed. Someone commandered his email account, transfered the account to an Australian domain host, and GoDaddy has been useless.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	HowardForums? - 17-09-2012, 02:55 Has anyone else been getting strange results when they attempt to access HowardForums today?

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	17-09-2012, 11:27 Yep. Same here. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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rfranzq (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 774 Join Date: 21 Apr 2009 Country:	No 'catching up' necessary - 17-09-2012, 20:31 At least there was little 'catching up' to do since no one could post any messages the last two days.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	22-09-2012, 23:15 Read his twitter feed. Someone commandered his email account, transfered the account to an Australian domain host, and GoDaddy has been useless.