Illegal Subdomain mirrors?

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IceKoldPearl

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Jan 16, 2009, 11:00:48 AM1/16/09
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I've got a web site in production and let's say the url is: www.gamma.com.

Here's the problem. I found an EXACT copy of my site sitting at:
http://gamma.someotherurl.com.

Every update I make to my site can be seen on the subdomain of this
other site.

Why is that? How is this fixed? I know more about HTML than servers.

Thanks

funvill

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Jan 16, 2009, 2:34:52 PM1/16/09
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Hello

Are the changes immediate?
If so then hes probably using a IFRAME or PHP Get.
You could enable 'hot linking' protection and change all of the images
that are requested from a different domain to be replace with an image
of your choice.
For an example a image that says "unofficial site, please visit
www.gamma.com."

I would contact there web host and make a formal complaint, CC the
compliant to the domain holder.
If they have any advertisements on the page that displays your site,
contact them also

Last but not least, you could add some javascript to your site that
checks the URL.
If it does not match your domain. auto redirect them back to your
site.

Good luck !
- Steven Smethurst
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