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Why Free Web Hosts Provide The Ideal Platform For Spammers
Posted by IMer | Posted in Internet Marketing | Posted on 09-03-2010
Spammers have now discovered a way that they can survive for longer without being blocked. They are now using free web hosting services to help them carry out their disreputable deeds albeit temporarily. They are using the name of legitimate web hosts in order to protect them as long as possible. This has come to light after a report by security company McAfee.
McAfee’s Spam Report for January 2010 has brought to light the fact that there are a growing number of spammers who are now signing up with free web hosting companies and are getting free subdomains as well as free hosting. The access to a third level domain that they are more often than not given means that to others they appear to be a genuine site. This is what causes the problems.
One of the main reasons for this increasing trend is the fact that spammers are aware that they will get blocked much quicker if they are not associated with a genuine site that has been existing for a while. Genuine traffic will probably have been directed to the free web host if it has been around for a while. Because of this, the spam blockers around the world will not be as quick to block the host. This delay could result in billions of messages being created by the spammers .
McAfee have reported that the most likely web hosts to be targeted are those with links to 0catch.com. This is because they do not do anything to stop spammers from hosting malware and they have no problem providing free hosting to anonymous persons.
Legitimate online businesses should use these reasons for not choosing free web hosting. Paying for good quality web hosting is something that all genuine online businesses should choose. They can then make sure that spammers do not spoil their business.
Anybody thinking about venturing into internet marketing should have web hosting sorted out. Newbie’s can find, though, that the web hosting world can be rather confusing. For instance, you could find reseller web hosting or even linux web hosting on your travels.
