Howdy!

I checked the FAQ's and searched for this information on the forums without luck so if I missed a posting I apologize.

I've been into web developing a very short time and know just enough to probably hurt myself but have managed put together a website that is starting to grow. I chose a hosting provider and have uploaded the site but when I go to the secure CPanelX admin part of the site, I get a site certificate warning saying something about that the site name and the name on the certificate is not the same. I emailed and asked the provider about this and was told not to worry about it and he gave me another address to log on to the admin part of the site without the certificate warning showing up.

My site doesn't ask for any personal information so I really didn't worry about it at the time.

Today I read an MSNBC article that talks about "pharming" - the first time I've heard the term. In the article it says that if you go to a site where the certificate warning says that a name doesn't match, that hopefully you will leave because there's a chance the site was hijacked.

Now I'm nervous! Is this something I need to be concerned about? In the future if my site continues to grow I'm thinking of offering some merchandise with shopping cart, checkout, etc., but I don't want to put anyone in danger who comes to the site.

I could really use some guidance here and all help is greatly appreciated!

JDStringer