...website crash...?

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 3 Aug 2005 5:59 am

Yesterday my website turned to $%^&*+^%#$@@!$%...and a bunch of small squares...WordPad,maybe?I never use WP...but it seems to have something to do with it...anybody know what could have caused this?Or at least how to delete the old site?

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 3 Aug 2005 6:04 am

Wordpad is an ASCII (plain text) basic wordprocessor program. I doubt that it had anything to do with the web site, since it's HTML language.

More likely your web host zapped something or a hacker got into it and zapped it.

Fortunately you have a back up of the web site so you can upload and restore it (right?). Go in, delete everything and then upload the backup to restore it. If it's really bad you may have to have the web site host clear it out and reset it so you can upload to it.

ADDED: Another thought, if WordPad is coming up when you try to access the web site (for whatever reason) all you will get is garbage. Make sure your browser is accessing the site.[This message was edited by Jack Stoner on 03 August 2005 at 07:05 AM.]

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 3 Aug 2005 6:08 am

Now THAT was quick!Thanks Jack!No,I don't have a backup...I can't get into the site to delete it...guess I'll have to call Comcast and get them to clean up the mess...thanks for your help!Garbage is EXACTLY what I'm getting...I didn't like to think someone hacked it,but you are probably right...I can think of at least one likely candidate...[This message was edited by Steve Hinson on 03 August 2005 at 07:10 AM.]

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Aug 2005 11:23 am

WordPad is an ASCII (plain text) basic wordprocessor program.

Not true. WordPad is an RTF editor. RTF is Rich Text Format, the ancestor of Microsoft Word's "doc" format.

Microsoft's ASCII editor is called Notepad.

If you upload files with the .doc extension to your website and you don't have Word on your system, your browser will probably try to open them in WordPad.

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 3 Aug 2005 3:20 pm

Damn, I should have known that....

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 5 Aug 2005 12:51 am

Well,evidently an audio clip I tried to upload to my site caused this problem...no hackers...anyway,I just cleaned house and started over...thanks...

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[This message was edited by Steve Hinson on 05 August 2005 at 09:49 AM.]