Banned Scripts and Programs
On a shared server environment, we must limit the use of scripts and programs that are known to cause a slow down in services, commonly known as “server hogs”, in order to maintain a high level of service to the other clients on the server.
The banned scripts have a high risk of causing a breach in our Acceptable Use Policy, which will result in having your scripts or programs disabled, or your hosting account suspended or possibly terminated.
If your website requires the use of the scripts or programs we have listed below, we recommend a semi-dedicated or dedicated solution. This will ensure the highest quality environment available to support your resource intensive website.
Chat Room Scripts & Programs:
Banned:
- ALL chat scripts and programs hosted or run from our servers.
Recommended Alternative(s):
- You are allowed to have any chat room on your website that is hosted on a seperate network.
We recommend raiderSoft, they provide free chat room services to thousands of webmasters on the Internet.
Bulletin Board Systems and Forums:
Banned:
- UBB – Ultimate Bulletin Board Provided by Infopop Corporation.
- YABB – Yet Another Bulletin Board Provided by Xnull Network.
- IkonBoard
Recommended Alternative(s):
Please note that even with an approved script, a bulletin board/forum that is extremely busy may
still cause undesired loads on the servers. If you start seeing a rapid growth in your forums
after having it installed, please contact us and we will help you look for alternative options for your website.
FormMail & Contact Scripts:
Banned:
- FormMail.pl from Matt’s Archive Scripts.
Recommended Alternative(s):
Content Management Systems (CMS):
Banned:
- xoops
Recommended Alternative:
Banned:
- e 107
Reason:
- e107 BBCode Arbitrary PHP Code Execution Vulnerability.
This allows a hacker to send spam email via the server.
We are not (in most cases) judging the quality of the banned scripts and programs, but making a
decision based on monitoring the server load while these items are in operation.
It has been observed that these programs load the servers in a way that is unfair
to other shared hosting customers.
The exception to the above statement is “e 107″ which has serious hacker access.
We hope you understand, and thank you for adhering to these guidelines.