CrazyDomains.com.au - HAVE THEY GIVEN US A VIRUS / MALWARE???

IVI on 26/03/2015 - 12:42

Bought some .SCIENCE domains (@ Au$4.99 each, for 1 year), paid & did other things…

Came back, intending to Turn OFF Auto-Renew (way early, but it's NEVER TOO LATE)…
only to be told:

  • ~"The site says your Flash may be out of date. You must update to continue…"

Closing the message box, we get (not CrazyDomains.com.au's site, but) a -bogus-
update page for something ~ "f Pro" (in a red-background as if an app's icon).

Both Install & Later buttons map to Setup.exe (on a Windows 7 box)… BEWARE!!!

Anyway, it's impossible to access CrazyDomains.com.au now, to turn Off Auto-Renew.
Anybody got any clues on how to do that?

TIA

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Comments

  • rompastompa on 26/03/2015 - 13:28

    Does crazydomains host your website too?

    Oh, is it crazydomains.com.au that gave you the setup.exe to download? Not your .science domain? If it was crazydomains.com.au, it sounds like you were already infected/browser hijacked.

  • pjetson on 26/03/2015 - 14:13

    Phone them on 1300 210 210

  • Shonky on 26/03/2015 - 14:58

    I don't see anything wrong. I suspect it's your machine rather then them.

    So fix your machine and then log in.

  • Ughhh on 26/03/2015 - 18:07

    HAVE THEY GIVEN US A VIRUS / MALWARE???

    They gave me the influenza and my friend herpes!

  • geoffellis on 18/04/2015 - 13:19

    Never using crazydomains again. woke up one day my domain had 'expired'. they wanted 140$ to renew the domain…

    I've been using other reputable sites like enom and godaddy for years and never had an issue with renewing a domain a couple days after expiry, let alone a charge 14x the value of the domain!

    • Shonky on 18/04/2015 - 15:37

      You mean you let it expire? They don't "just expire".

      Sure it's not ethical to ransom your domain but if you'd just paid it on time there would be no problem.

      You get what you pay for these days.

      • geoffellis on 18/04/2015 - 15:47

        Yes obviously I let it expire. Not sure why it matters really. Due to issues with a co-founder of the organisation I didn't get the renewal notices.

        The point is most companies offer a 30 day grace period where it can be renewed for its standard cost. It then usually enters a redemption period for another 30 days after that at a greater cost.

        With crazydomains it seems that they go straight to the 140$ fee from the gates…

        • Shonky on 18/04/2015 - 16:22

          Well it matters because that's why you were charged. The reasons why you let it expire are what's not relevant. It was your fault it expired.

          I agree it's high but that's the risk you take with a company that's a bit shady like CrazyDomains. If you use other reputable sites why use CrazyDomains at all?

          You're lucky you even got it back.

        • geoffellis on 18/04/2015 - 16:30

          @Shonky:

          But thats my point - It might be our fault the domain expired, but that doesn't change the fact that what they are doing is shady and not really standard practice in the industry. At no point did i say it was crazydomain's fault that we lost the domain. I'm suggesting their policies after the fact are bullshit.

          And I used crazydomains specifically because it was an Australian company. Enom and Godaddy which i normally use are not.

          And I didn't get the domain back…

        • Shonky on 18/04/2015 - 16:32

          @geoffellis:
          They're not Australian. They pretend to be though.

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