Forum just *Disappeared*

[Razor]

Hi all,

I'm sorry I'm not really sure where to put this question so it may need shifting. 

A forum that I visit regulary, last night while I was posting just vanished. When I tried to connect back to it it said 'Forbidden Error 403'. I tired several times, and also today to get to the forum same message. I tried to get on just a few minutes ago and now it says 'Error 404 Not found'. I have tried it on different computers and browsers, and have asked other members to attempt to access it, and they say they also can't get on. I did some research and it said that the 403 error was something to do with the url, but I checked  and double checked the address was right.

 Does anyone know what has happened? Has it been hacked? Why would a forum thats been up for years just suddenly go down withoput warning?

[kapil42319]

if u r sure the link is correct then its not ur prblm.this is server side prblm.Try after few hours may be the site administrator will fix the prblm.

[Computer Hope Admin]

As mentioned above it's likely a server related issue. I'd imagine that they're just updating or changing something that's causing you to not have access to it.

[Razor]

Is there a possiblity that it was hacked? Other sites on the same server have gone down with the same message. I can't contact the administator so I have no idea if he knows. He does not go there often.

[CBMatt]

What forum are you referring to?  What's the URL?

[Razor]

Hi all

I've finally managed to contact the owner of the site. Apparently a hacker used the site to send spam so the host server took it down. Hopefully this will be resolved.

Thanks for your input.

[CBMatt]

Sorry to hear about that, but I'm glad you know what's going on now.