Between a rock and a hard place One of the providers I have a VPS with goes into my VPS sometimes and makes changes such as deleting files on one of the domains rather than contacting me with the necessary information so that I can handle things. ++++++++++++++ If You want to buy cheap web hosting then visit http://listtop.pw and select the cheapest hosting. it can be suitable for all your needs. Top 200 best traffic exchange sites http://listtop.pw/surf Listtop.pw Listtop.pw Listtop.pw +++++++++++++++ Is this a good practice on their part or should I seek another upstream provider for the accounts on that VPS? I could move the domains without a lot of trouble that are on it because it's a small VPS where I have my own domains mostly, but want to know if I should tolerate what they are doing or if what they are doing is outside healthy boundries? I pay my bill every month and have never had an issue in many years of business with them, but I am feeling like I want to take my business elsewhere. I appreciate everyone's perspective because I know there are some excellent hosting companies on this site. Are these files malware or command and control scripts, mass-mailing scripts etc? If so, they might just be running a virus scanner on their nodes (thinking OpenVZ) and your files are being found and removed. If these are just benign files or part of your website i.e. photos or html then I would be worried. A little more information is needed before we can pass judgement. Artashes (05-05-2017), easyhostmedia (05-05-2017), HostLeet (05-05-2017), SenseiSteve (05-05-2017) Are these files malware or command and control scripts, mass-mailing scripts etc? If so, they might just be running a virus scanner on their nodes (thinking OpenVZ) and your files are being found and removed. If these are just benign files or part of your website i.e. photos or html then I would be worried. A little more information is needed before we can pass judgement. They were files in a Joomla site. The ones that are used for sending mail. HostLeet HD Guru They were files in a Joomla site. The ones that are used for sending mail. Was your account found to have been sending spam? Have you contacted your host and asked why the files were removed? One of the providers I have a VPS with goes into my VPS sometimes and makes changes such as deleting files on one of the domains rather than contacting me with the necessary information so that I can handle things. Is this a good practice on their part or should I seek another upstream provider for the accounts on that VPS? I could move the domains without a lot of trouble that are on it because it's a small VPS where I have my own domains mostly, but want to know if I should tolerate what they are doing or if what they are doing is outside healthy boundries? I pay my bill every month and have never had an issue in many years of business with them, but I am feeling like I want to take my business elsewhere. I appreciate everyone's perspective because I know there are some excellent hosting companies on this site. It's not good when someone remove your files without sending information to you. You must change access to ssh, or change provider. Better rent vps KVN not OpenVZ Did you contact with them ? why they remove it ? If so, they might just be running a virus scanner on their nodes (thinking OpenVZ) and your files are being found and removed. It's not normal remove files without notice, they must move them to folder /virus or other temp They were files in a Joomla site. The ones that are used for sending mail. You must upgrade your Joomla, because if one website has problem , all other too will have same. Was your account found to have been sending spam? Have you contacted your host and asked why the files were removed? I do not send spam from my sites. I should ask them why they think the site was sending spam since I haven't used it to send any email at all in several months. It's not good when someone remove your files without sending information to you. You must change access to ssh, or change provider. Better rent vps KVN not OpenVZ Did you contact with them ? why they remove it ? I thought I should change providers also. My current provider is actually a reseller and doesn't actually own the servers I use. I'm thinking of changing to a company who owns their servers. I am looking at another provider I have used in the past when I used to run IRC servers. They have far better VPS plans than my current provider and when I used them in the past I never had any altercations. HostLeet HD Guru I do not send spam from my sites. I should ask them why they think the site was sending spam since I haven't used it to send any email at all in several months. So they did say your account was sending spam?? (the plot thickens lol) Even if you personally didn't send spam but your account was somehow compromised due to a poor script or poor security practices, then I see nothing wrong with the host taking action to prevent further abuse, and you shouldn't either. So they did say your account was sending spam?? (the plot thickens lol) Even if you personally didn't send spam but your account was somehow compromised due to a poor script or poor security practices, then I see nothing wrong with the host taking action to prevent further abuse, and you shouldn't either. I would agree with that, they're just keeping up on security and it helps me also. I do tend to be very precise in my thinking but over the years I have learned to listen to others who have sound reasoning. This happened on an interactive site and the original information I received from the provider was that the account contained some malicious contents that were used to send out spam mails. So I don't know if something was compromised. I know that software such as Joomla is often a magnet for crackers and spam bots. Even on a wordpress site I have when I allowed registrations the site got cracked often and I had a mess to clean up each time. So I discontinued registrations and that solved the problems. Sometimes it's not the main program itself that is flawed it is the addons used with it. Send a message via MSN to easyhostmedia I do not send spam from my sites. I should ask them why they think the site was sending spam since I haven't used it to send any email at all in several months. You are using Joomla and if like a lot if my clients you will not be updating it when new updates get released, so someone could have found a weakness and placed a file in your account that is using it to send out spam and you will never know until your account gets suspended or terminated for spamming. If i get spam reports on any of my clients, then the first thing i do is go into that account and check any files/folder that is mentioned in spam report to see if anything stands out that should not be in the file structure. I will isolate any strange files/folders and if needed i will suspend the account and then contact the client. You are using Joomla and if like a lot if my clients you will not be updating it when new updates get released, so someone could have found a weakness and placed a file in your account that is using it to send out spam and you will never know until your account gets suspended or terminated for spamming. If i get spam reports on any of my clients, then the first thing i do is go into that account and check any files/folder that is mentioned in spam report to see if anything stands out that should not be in the file structure. I will isolate any strange files/folders and if needed i will suspend the account and then contact the client. I am seriously thinking of discontinuing use of Joomla for this and many other reasons. Send a message via MSN to easyhostmedia I am seriously thinking of discontinuing use of Joomla for this and many other reasons. Joomla is no worse than Wordpress and other scripts when it comes to vulnerability. The trick is to have security plugins and making sure you update the scripts when updates and patches are released. Joomla is no worse than Wordpress and other scripts when it comes to vulnerability. The trick is to have security plugins and making sure you update the scripts when updates and patches are released. Exactly, the thing is that I don't always have time to keep up on that. I need low maintenance websites for what I do, so simple web pages will do it for me. Granted I do enjoy building member sites, but the risk for me is not worth the effort it requires to maintain such a site.