[Mahshee83]

Hi guys,
I am soooo not computer smart but I was wondering if someone could help me figure out how on earth my name got involved in porn websites...?
Could it be due to a virus that I once had on my computer? Because its the only thing I could think of right now. Anyway, its so embarrassing seeing my name part of those websites every time I google it, especially being a religious person. Could someone tell me how or help remove my name.
Any help would be highly appreciable.

Godbless!

Edited by BHowett, 06 August 2009 - 06:51 AM.
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Hi Mahshee83, and welcome to Geeks to Go.

The most common way this occurs is through web searching bots that collect personal information from people around the web and then append it to porn sites. The sites then hope that this will improve their search engine traffic. However it also could be a case of someone with the same name really being used on that site.

Officially trying to have the information removed from these porn sites can be difficult to impossible. If nothing else, you could email the search engines and the porn web sites to request that the information be removed, keeping a copy of all emails and replies. If it was more then just your name like an actual picture or something like that you could step it up a notch by contacting a lawyer and drafting up a Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA) notice, but since its just your name that would almost be a waste of time and money.

I hope this help explain things for you.

Edited by BHowett, 01 August 2009 - 04:39 PM.
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[BHowett]

Hi Mahshee83, and welcome to Geeks to Go.

The most common way this occurs is through web searching bots that collect personal information from people around the web and then append it to porn sites. The sites then hope that this will improve their search engine traffic. However it also could be a case of someone with the same name really being used on that site.

Officially trying to have the information removed from these porn sites can be difficult to impossible. If nothing else, you could email the search engines and the porn web sites to request that the information be removed, keeping a copy of all emails and replies. If it was more then just your name like an actual picture or something like that you could step it up a notch by contacting a lawyer and drafting up a Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA) notice, but since its just your name that would almost be a waste of time and money.

I hope this help explain things for you.

Edited by BHowett, 01 August 2009 - 04:39 PM.
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[Troy]

What I want to know is why you Google your own name? I've never done it before... I'm gonna go try it now!

[BHowett]

What I want to know is why you Google your own name? I've never done it before... I'm gonna go try it now!

You would be surprised, lots of people do it all the time. We often get requests to edit or remove topics here because someone has searched their name, and it brings them back to the topic they needed help with.

let us know if you find anything good when you search your name.

[Troy]

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If I search for my full name (including middle), I get nothing exactly on me. I'm anonymous.

[Chopin]

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In case you didn't know, I can't sing for my life. Now move over, I want some soda

[Troy]

Stand back from the Soda Machine NOW, sir.

[Chopin]

What about the foosball table?

[Ferrari]

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[bustermoves]

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[Octagonal]

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[TheWhiteRose000]

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I googled my name and got a website...
Appartly I'm a female graphic designer...

o.0?

http://danielclatworthy.com/

[sari]

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I actually turn up quite a bit, because I run a fair number of races and the results get posted online.

[crooz]

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[CompooterDummy]

Wow! I'm a:

minister
life coach
interior designer
artist
classical musician
author
advertising & marketing pro and
dietician/nutritionist

And that was in the first 10 hits... No wonder I'm so tired all the time. Had no idea I was living so many lives. I really need to pick something and stick with it, I'd say.