Website Hijacked/Redirecting

[KitKat22]

Hi, I had a free webhosting account with Infinity Free and added a domain that I purchased from a registrar somewhere else, but it wasn’t working for me. I have always had a paid account with another hosting company and when things weren’t working with Infinity Free, I took the domain and SSL certificate off my Infinity Free account and changed the DNS name servers to point back at my paid account with the other hosting company. I did this some time ago now so that they should have updated and switched back to the other host’s name servers (like, 24 hours ago). But when I type in the URL of my domain I’m either getting hijacked or redirected to a site with this URL: iFastNet.com Special offer and Discount Coupon I know this has to do with Infinity Free because there is an ad on the page for their premium service. So my question is, how do i get Infinity Free/iFastNet off my domain so that the website I have on the other host that the name servers are pointing to will show up in my browser? I have used CTRL + F5 to dump the cache and here and there I will get the correct website that I have on the other host, but then when I click on any links in that website, it takes me right back to that suspended webpage from Infinity Free/iFastNet.

[KitKat22]

Hi, sorry for the second post, but i see that the URL i typed in that my site is redirecting to showed some text instead of the URL. The URL that my domain is redirecting to is: http://suspended-websitecom/b/

[Greenreader9]

You will want to clear your DNS cache.

[anon54841129]

You’re not being hijacked, this is the result of unfinished DNS propagation, which can take up to 72 hours. Your ISP or DNS provider has to update the change of where the domain points in their records. That’s why it’s leading you to the suspended website page, because InfinityFree’s system doesn’t know where to send you now that the domain is no longer attached to an active account.
To speed up the propagation process, you can try switching to a DNS provider that updates more often, as well as doing a complete clear of your DNS cache as @Greenreader9 suggested.

[Admin]

From the article: Why does my domain redirect to suspendeddomain.org / suspended-website.com

@Admin

You are moving the domain to another hosting provider

If you are trying to move your website to another hosting provider, you’ve probably already set up the account with your new provider, updated your domain’s nameservers and removed the domain name from your InfinityFree account.

However, after updating your domain name, it can take up to 72 hours for everyone to connect to your website at the new hosting provider. This is caused by a process called DNS Caching, which is explained in more detail in this article .

Because of this process, you, and many of your visitors, are still connecting to our hosting servers, even though your domain has been configured to send people somewhere else. And because you already removed the domain from your InfinityFree account, they will see the suspendeddomain.org page.

Unfortunately, there is nothing anyone can do to force everyone to connect to your new hosting provider. Everyone is at the mercy of the network settings of the visitors of your website.

But there are ways to soften the effects on your website.

First of all, when moving your domain elsewhere, you should keep the old account active for a few more days while the traffic moves over. You can continue to serve your old website on the old account (although you risk losing data if people make changes on the old account), or you can replace your website with a maintenance page telling them about the migration. In any case, keeping the old site active for a few more days allows you to choose what your visitors will see while you’re moving the domain.

If you’ve already removed the domain, you can add the domain again to your old account. It’s very important you use the same account that had the domain name before. If you have other accounts, they may have different IP addresses, which are not the IP addresses your visitors are still connecting to.

This is completely normal. It’s caused by DNS cache, and we don’t have any control over that.