What happens if a host catches you with illegal content?

[wisedude]

I'm just wondering.. I've a friend who has been trying to spread warez on his dreamhost account, and I'm wondering what'll happen if they catch him. He didnt name the files their real file names obviously, is it even trackable?

[terminator69]

The chance of him being caught is so low i wouldn't worry about it.

[bizwiz]

I guess your hosting site might close your friends account there and then, so it's wise to backup everything just in case that happens.

[mountlaurel]

you know men.. dreamhost will track this.. i have here in our place that was suspended and his account was terminated by dreamhost ... his site is a forum

[wisedude]

Wow, dreamhost terminated a forum? That's seemingly random.. Was it a warez forum?

[puffin]

Well hosting providers tell in TOS they allow you to host warz stuff or not 99$ web hosting providers do not allow and if you get cought they would simply kick you out and delete all from there sever.

[borninautumn]

I don't think that chances of being caught are low, at least the host I'm using webhostingbuzz.com check the content and the accounts of those who break allowed content rules (it especially concerns illegal porn and warez) are cancelled immediately.
That's why there are lots of requests for offshore hosting, as people believe that warez is allowed there.

[puffin]

I don't think that chances of being caught are low, at least the host I'm using webhostingbuzz.com check the content and the accounts of those who break allowed content rules (it especially concerns illegal porn and warez) are cancelled immediately.
That's why there are lots of requests for offshore hosting, as people believe that warez is allowed there.

Yes one mail from someone telling that about the site to hosting provider will the end. Also some hosting providers to random checking to keep things clear.

[sweetnatie]

I don't think that chances of being caught are low, at least the host I'm using webhostingbuzz.com check the content and the accounts of those who break allowed content rules (it especially concerns illegal porn and warez) are cancelled immediately.
That's why there are lots of requests for offshore hosting, as people believe that warez is allowed there.

If warez is found on the site, what happens first is the datacenter is blacklisted, then the host is found and in this case your account is cancelled, plus you put at risk all the other hosting accounts on the server.
And the bigger the company, the stricter policy they should apply towards all these issues. That's what Hostgator.com and ServerPoint.com do.

[keepyourbook]

In this case your account will be cancelled, the host must do it if they don't want been blacklisted.
At least Ahosting.biz behaves like that.

[Captain Tycoon]

Usually, your account will be suspended and if a non-suitable reason is given then your account will be terminated. If your account is A dedicated server then you can get sued.

[Shan]

I'm just wondering.. I've a friend who has been trying to spread warez on his dreamhost account, and I'm wondering what'll happen if they catch him. He didnt name the files their real file names obviously, is it even trackable?

Dreamhost can definitely figure out if someone has warez on their accounts, it doesn't take much work. Long files are definitely warez. I wouldn't recommend uploading warez though, your friend can get in big trouble if he is caught.

[borninautumn]

Agree with the post above, he may also lose money in case he pays annually.

[Fevio]

I disagree that that chances of him being caught are low. Because it is a warez site and most of those sites get a heavy amount of traffic, Dreamhost will eventually find it. Most likely when they do, they will cancel his account.

When I was running a proxy, my account was temporarily suspended but my host (Site5) gave me a second chance, I just needed to remove all the files and never do it again. But the severity of a proxy versus a warez site is very different. Also, if they would have terminated my account that meant that I would have lost 2 years of paid hosting. =/

[domainer50]

My guess is that they decide to close the account. But you never know.