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Malware Took Down My Site

Reader Reviews: Webs (formerly FreeWebs) Free Web Hosting

User Rating 1 Star Rating

From Karen

Name of Hosting Provider: 

Free Webs

Hosting Provider URL: 

www.freewebs.com

My Review 

Had no probs in the past, but virus infected my site, no doubt from their adware, and eventually took out one of my computers. Most of the time my clients cannot even get on my site, and that's after I even PAID for extra space! DO NOT USE THIS FREE COMPANY- they've actually expanded so you can connect all your sites (yes, they don't care how many you build- and if they are all connected, 1 gets a worm/virus they ALL GET IT! AVOID!!!!

My Review on this hosting company after taking out my computer is a big fat 1!

How long did you use this provider? 

1-5 years

Features of your hosting provider 

Easy templates, free hosting with tons of space, easy to use...

How much do you pay for your hosting? 

Free

What OS is the hosting provider? 

I don't know

Would you recommend this to a friend? 

No

Jennifer Kyrnin, Web Design / HTML Guide, says:

Webs is a free web hosting provider with paid services as well. I can't speak to whether Webs has been hacked or not, but remember that the most common reason for a website to be hacked is because of bad programs (CGI and PHP scripts) that allow hackers in. Adware, while it can deliver malware to a PC, is less likely to infect a website.

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