Moving Host

This post was written by admin on January 8, 2010
Posted Under: Free PC Security

Due to the appalling treatment from my previous host who suspended my account as my site was apparently using too much CPU, I am in the process of shifting everything to BlueHost.

I find it hard to believe that my site and account was suspended without any prior warning so I now have quite a bit of catching up to do and I hope to be back to normal soon with all articles, links etc all in place.

So Free PC Security has not disappeared, I am simply updating on a new host and also do a bit of cleaning out at the same time :)

Update January 10:

Most of my backup files were corrupted and the backup file from my previous host is completely unusable, so it will take a while to add previous articles.

I have added the List of Malicious Sites and the List of Rogue Software

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That's what that was. Sorry to hear. A bit ridiculous eh? GOod luck with the move.

#1 
Written By Chris on January 9th, 2010 @ 11:55 pm

Sorry to hear what has happened to you Colin.Hope to see you up and running soon.You are a very useful commodity.:)
Best Wishes.Cod Head

#2 
Written By Cod Head on January 10th, 2010 @ 8:34 am

Chris - Thank you. The whole situation is a bit ridiculous and it seems that I have quite a bit of work to retrieve everything and get it back into place :)

  • All the best
  • Colin
  • #3 
    Written By cotojo on January 10th, 2010 @ 11:53 am

    Cod Head - Thank you my friend :)

  • Think I have a lot of work to do as the backups were not complete, and the server backups were compromised so now I'm sifting through trying to access all of the files from the past 3 years!
  • A few long days and nights ahead methinks lol
  • All the best
  • Colin
  • #4 
    Written By cotojo on January 10th, 2010 @ 11:56 am

    By the Heck Colin,you don't let the grass grow beneath your feet.I expected you to be up and running in a few days.Now your site is looking as good as new.Good on you.And all the best with Bluehost.

    I think you are becoming so popular you will need to own your own search engine to keep up with the bandwidth.Not Bing but Cotojo.Go with Cotojo has a certain ring LOL.I had better get going before I get going LOL.
    Cod Head

    #5 
    Written By Cod Head on January 10th, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

    Cod Head - No time to waste lol and plenty to be done with sorting all of the posts which will take a bit of time but I'll get there :)

  • Hopefully, BlueHost will be somewhat better and if the usage does get high then the site just gets throttled back a bit and not suspended!
  • All the best my friend
  • Colin
  • #6 
    Written By cotojo on January 10th, 2010 @ 6:54 pm

    Your site is looking good as new now and good job with the moving. :) Hmm looking at the Bluehost CEO Blog, it looks like Bluehost doesn't suspend/ban users for High CPU usage anymore according to this post.

    Keep up the great work,
    Brian

    #7 
    Written By Brian on January 11th, 2010 @ 2:47 am

    Sorry to hear about your troubles and glad to see that you have not vanished.

    #8 
    Written By Ethan on January 11th, 2010 @ 3:34 am

    Any problems with this lot and we will have to get out the red paint LOL.

    Since you are a protector of internet users in educating them and keeping them safe You should be provided with highly discounted hosting and as much bandwidth as you want.But then again I am biased.In a ideal world eh Colin.

    Dont burn yourself out old friend.Cod head.

    #9 
    Written By Cod Head on January 11th, 2010 @ 12:49 pm

    Brian - Thank you :)

  • It's going to take a little time to get it all back in shape, but patience is the key lol.
  • The CPU usage can now be monitored through CPanel and allows a lot more flexibility.
  • Thank you for your visit and comment
  • All the best
  • Colin
  • #10 
    Written By cotojo on January 11th, 2010 @ 2:32 pm

    Cod Head - I don't anticipate any problems here lol, they have been very helpful and quickly respond to my questions :)

  • The only way to reduce costs etc would be to run the site on wordpress.com, which is where it started but it kind of outgrew wordpress hosting and needed its own domain.
  • Battling with pleurisy at the moment so things are a little slow lol, but it will all come together in time
  • Have a good week my friend and hope it's not too cold up there :)
  • All the best
  • Colin
  • #11 
    Written By cotojo on January 11th, 2010 @ 2:36 pm

    Ethan - Thank you. It's one of those things to put down to experience and get on with it lol.

  • Regards
  • Colin
  • #12 
    Written By cotojo on January 11th, 2010 @ 2:41 pm

    Hey Babe,
    I was going to ask you a question about my computer, but I see you have enough of your own troubles to last you a while.

    XOXO
    Tammy

    #13 
    Written By Tammy on January 11th, 2010 @ 4:18 pm

    Tammy - Now what's wrong with your computer babe, what have you done to it this time lol.

  • This lot will take a little while to sort out but as people email etc I still help when I can :)
  • Hugs to you xoxoxo
  • Colin
  • #14 
    Written By cotojo on January 11th, 2010 @ 7:52 pm

    I didn't do anything to it...honest! ;o)
    It's just that it's super slow now and that Avast ball thing in the task bar at the bottom is always spinning...like almost constantly.

    So....what did I do to it, or more importantly how can I fix it?

    You're my hero!!!
    Love ya!
    Tammy

    #15 
    Written By Tammy on January 11th, 2010 @ 8:54 pm

    Tammy - Open your Control Panel and then Add/Remove programs, click on Avast to uninstall and select repair.

  • Clean your Temp files with CCleaner and scan with malwarebytes antimalware, defrag your C Drive and reboot.
  • Let me know if it speeds it up :)
  • Hugs to you sweetie xoxoxoxo
  • Colin
  • #16 
    Written By cotojo on January 12th, 2010 @ 1:35 pm

    good luck your the best

    #17 
    Written By dave on January 20th, 2010 @ 9:06 pm

    Dave - Thank you :)
    It's not easy recovering so much lost data, but it's slowly getting there lol
    All the best
    Colin

    #18 
    Written By cotojo on January 20th, 2010 @ 9:13 pm

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