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		<title>TheFirefox.net Fraud and Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.mitchelaneous.com/2007/07/03/thefirefoxnet-fraud-and-abuse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my efforts to investigate this fraud issue, I tried to contact thefirefox.net&#8217;s web host &#8211; but have yet to get one reply back from them yet. WebUnited.com have the proverbial skirt that these guys are hiding under. Besides a few press releases I couldn&#8217;t really find much information on or about the company. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src='http://www.mitchelaneous.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/thefirefox.png' alt='TheFirefox.net - Pain in the Rear' align="right"/>In my efforts to investigate this fraud issue, I tried to contact thefirefox.net&#8217;s web host &#8211; but have yet to get one reply back from them yet.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.webunited.com">WebUnited.com</a> have the proverbial skirt that these guys are hiding under.  Besides a few press releases I couldn&#8217;t really find much information on or about the company.  I put in a help desk ticket on their support system, but since wasn&#8217;t e-mailed a notice saying something to the effect of, &#8220;this is an automated message, you will be replied to in 24-48 hours&#8221; it probably doesn&#8217;t even work.</p>
<p>Looks like TheFirefox.net isn&#8217;t the only web site they are running this scam with.  <a href="http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-ip/?hostname=thefirefox.net">DomainTools.com shows</a> at least 6 other domains hosted on this sever that look to also be fraud/abuse related accounts.</p>
<p>If anything else comes up, I&#8217;ll keep you updated.</p>
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		<title>Dropped from Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mitch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah a few web sites of mine have been dropped from Google, Yahoo, MSN and more thanks to a really stupid mistake of mine and some scum sucking leech of a webmaster. Let today be the official do not leave your .htaccess file chmoded to something writable day. That&#8217;s what I did and I paid [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah a few web sites of mine have been dropped from Google, Yahoo, MSN and more thanks to a really stupid mistake of mine and some scum sucking leech of a webmaster.  Let today be the official <em>do not leave your .htaccess file chmoded to something writable</em> day.  That&#8217;s what I did and I paid for it.</p>
<div align="center"><img src='http://www.mitchelaneous.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/googledroped.png' alt='Dropped/Replaced from and on Google Search Results' /></div>
<p>Looks like the guy at thefirefox.net got in there and was directing traffic from the search engine crawlers from me to him.  Now both <a href="http://www.firefoxfacts.com">Firefox Facts</a> and the <a href="http://www.webhostingshow.com">Web Hosting Show</a> are still in Google and the others, but show up in none of the results.</p>
<p>I have reported these guys at thefirefox.net to Google, their web host, their domain name register and to Mozilla but have yet to hear anything about it.  Looks like a web site setup to trick people into thinking they are Mozilla so they can get their hands on much AdSense click-through cash when you download it with the Google toolbar.</p>
<p>What action has been taken thus far?  Nada.  Nothing.  Big Goose Egg.. but if I hear from one of them I&#8217;ll be sure to post it here and let you all know.</p>
<p>I have done my begging at the holy search engine alter with Google &#8211; and now I guess the wait begins to see how long I will be out of the search engine results.</p>
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