[DrWebster]

Honestly, I'm not sure that there is even a way around the redirect. My MNMazda bookmark is for the main forums page, and when I try to go there I keep getting sent back to that notice. The text of the notice doesn't sound like something a scammer would write; the author is definitely local. We need to hear AJ's side of the story for sure, but I think it would be wise if we do not put any money into the "donation" (e.g. ransom) until we know exactly what's going on.

 

[DrWebster]

[quote author=dmention7 link=topic=134853.msg2901142#msg2901142 date=1233347018]It just seems like there should be a way around it, since we were able to access the site until all the DNSs received the change and started pointing mnmazda.com to whatever server it's now pointing so--which seems to imply that the site is still on a server somewhere, ready to rock, but we're just being directed somewhere else. Then again, I've only got a crude understanding of that stuff, so who knows...
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If we can find out the IP address of the server MNMazda's being hosted on, then we can take DNS out of the picture.

 

[DrWebster]

http://72.167.222.118/forum/index.php

Works.

 

[DrWebster]

Crisis averted, regular domain name works again now.