Hello everybody, I just joined here. I emailed Mr. Pavlina about this and he provided me some good advice but also suggested I post this on the forums to see if I can get any more useful tips on how to proceed from fellow members.
Anyway, I run several online websites which are hosted at
AWARDSPACE.COM - Free Web Hosting, Domain Hosting, Professional Web Hosting, Domain registration, Affordable, Reseller Program, PHP, MySQL, Ecommerce. Recently, the sites were hacked and destroyed. I know who the hacker is, but I do not know them personally. I know them by their screen name on AOL, email address, and their IP. I also have their name but it could be fake (though I have known her for 8-9 months). The earliest backups for the sites are at least a month old and I would be set far behind. What I fear is that if I were to simply put in a lot of time and effort into restoring the site, she could always hack it again. I have filed a complaint with the internet crime division on the FBI site and will file a local police report as well.
This is the second time the sites I have hosted at awardspace have been hacked. I like awardspace because it is quality hosting and easy to edit the coding of html and php but I am starting to get the feeling they are not very secure now. Any advice?