I was recently banned by rapidshare due to “Account Sharing“. It was actually due to my dynamic IP and me moving around using it from multiple places. Though they enabled my Account they warned me of further problems when using Dynamic IP are possible.
So here is a solution i made for myself it resides on one of the hosting servers so that my IP always remains one. It stream files to me from rapidshare , something like those premium link generators but simpler.
Here are the requirements –
- PHP 5
- CURL Enabled
- One Rapidhsare Premium Account
After Install Please fill up username and password in config.php .
Downloads: 265 File Size: 30.5 KiB
Site has been restored back to original owners
I had built VideoSwiper long time back for Jason . You can read about it here http://www.ngcoders.com/php/videoswiper-mass-video-embedding-application, you can also check it out in my portfolio site.
But i have to come to learn that the hackers taking advantage of the holidays hacked the main server and have stolen the domain also. So basically now they are running a site which is a less featured clone on videoswiper.com . They reset all the accounts by redirecting the email which was admin[AT]videoswiper.com. Also they have the balls to say that the original owner is doing phishing 
. They also have stolen downloadMod.php code from my site Videoswiperplus and saying that they have written it.
I hope jason gets his sites back soon.
You can read more about it here – http://www.jasontaylor.me.uk/2010/01/04/videoswiper-hacked-dont-be-fooled/
Hackers should be dealt swiftly , i did have a soft side for these guys when i was a kid. But now i think they should be treated like common criminals , and maybe some should be made an example out of to stop the damage they cause.
Lesson learned – Avoid having emails for hosting and other important accounts like email@yoursite.com , if yoursite.com DNS record gets hacked all emails are redirected by hackers to reset everything and you will never come to know what happened. I believe sites like gmail , yahoo are much safer in this case. Also keep diffrent password for every single account , atleast the important ones.
