This Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”) explains the rules that apply to the use of VPSMakers services.
This policy applies to all VPSMakers Virtual Private Server (VPS), RDP, MikroTik VPS, and related hosting infrastructure services.
By using VPSMakers services, customers agree to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy, the VPSMakers Terms of Service, and applicable law.
VPSMakers may investigate suspected violations and may restrict, suspend, or terminate a service or account where reasonably necessary.
Serious abuse, fraud, security threats, or illegal activity may result in immediate suspension or termination without prior notice.
General Requirements
VPSMakers services must only be used for lawful and legitimate purposes.
Customers are responsible for all content, software, applications, websites, network traffic, and activities originating from their services.
Customers must not use VPSMakers infrastructure in a way that:
- harms VPSMakers infrastructure
- harms other customers
- harms third parties
- disrupts networks or services
- creates unreasonable security or abuse risks
- violates applicable law or this Acceptable Use Policy
Customers are also responsible for the activities of any person they authorize to access or use their service.
Prohibited Illegal and Abusive Activities
The following activities are prohibited on VPSMakers services:
- fraud or financial scams
- phishing
- identity theft
- unauthorized access to systems or accounts
- distribution or use of stolen credentials
- malware
- ransomware
- botnets
- command-and-control infrastructure used for malicious purposes
- DDoS attacks
- extortion
- illegal surveillance
- distribution of illegal content
- unauthorized intellectual-property infringement
- credential theft
- abuse of payment systems
- activity prohibited by applicable law
- other malicious or abusive activity
This list is not exhaustive.
Hacking and Unauthorized Access
Customers must not use VPSMakers services to gain or attempt to gain unauthorized access to computers, servers, websites, networks, accounts, devices, or other systems.
Prohibited activities include:
- brute-force attacks
- password attacks
- credential stuffing
- credential theft
- unauthorized vulnerability exploitation
- unauthorized port scanning
- exploit deployment
- unauthorized penetration testing
- malware deployment
- unauthorized access attempts
Authorized security testing may be permitted only where the customer owns the target system or has explicit authorization from the owner and the testing does not negatively affect VPSMakers infrastructure or unrelated third parties.
DDoS and Network Attacks
Customers must not use VPSMakers services to launch, coordinate, participate in, facilitate, or amplify a DDoS attack or other network attack.
Traffic intentionally designed to disrupt, overload, degrade, or disable another network, server, website, service, or system is prohibited.
Security testing involving significant traffic must be properly authorized and must not create a material risk to VPSMakers infrastructure or other customers.
Spam and Email Abuse
VPSMakers has a strict policy against spam and abusive email activity.
Customers must not use VPSMakers services for:
- unsolicited bulk email
- spam campaigns
- email harvesting
- purchased or unlawfully obtained mailing lists
- phishing email
- malicious email campaigns
- deceptive email spoofing
- fraudulent email activity
- email activity that violates applicable law
Customers operating legitimate email services are responsible for proper authentication, security, mailing practices, recipient consent where required, and compliance with applicable law.
Port 25 and SMTP
Access to SMTP port 25 is not guaranteed.
Port 25 may be restricted or blocked depending on the service, server location, abuse history, infrastructure provider, or security requirements.
Where port 25 access is available, customers may contact VPSMakers Support to request access.
Approval is not guaranteed.
VPSMakers may restrict or block SMTP access at any time where spam, abuse, security concerns, or provider requirements justify doing so.
Malware
Customers must not use VPSMakers services to host, distribute, deploy, operate, or facilitate malware for malicious purposes.
This includes:
- viruses
- trojans
- ransomware
- credential stealers
- malicious keyloggers
- botnets
- malicious remote-access software
- malicious scripts
- software designed to compromise or gain unauthorized access to systems
Legitimate malware analysis or security research may only be performed in a controlled and lawful environment and must not create risk to VPSMakers infrastructure, other customers, or third parties.
Phishing and Fraud
Phishing and fraudulent activity are strictly prohibited.
This includes:
- phishing websites
- fake login pages
- credential collection systems
- fraudulent payment pages
- impersonation
- identity theft
- financial scams
- deceptive activity intended to obtain money, credentials, personal information, or unauthorized access
Customers must not impersonate VPSMakers, payment providers, financial institutions, governments, companies, individuals, or other organizations for fraudulent purposes.
Copyright and Intellectual Property
Customers must respect copyrights, trademarks, patents, licenses, and other intellectual-property rights.
VPSMakers services must not be used to host or distribute content that unlawfully infringes the rights of third parties.
VPSMakers may take appropriate action when a valid copyright, trademark, abuse, or intellectual-property complaint is received.
Resource Abuse
Customers must use the resources allocated to their service reasonably and in accordance with the applicable service plan.
Customers must not intentionally or continuously consume resources in a way that materially affects VPSMakers infrastructure or other customers.
Resource abuse may include sustained or excessive:
- CPU usage
- memory usage
- disk I/O
- storage usage
- network traffic
- other resource consumption
where such use causes congestion, instability, hardware problems, degraded performance, or other material impact.
VPSMakers may restrict or suspend services that cause unreasonable resource usage.
Cryptocurrency Mining
Cryptocurrency mining is prohibited on VPSMakers services.
Customers must not use VPSMakers VPS, RDP, MikroTik VPS, or other infrastructure to perform cryptocurrency mining.
Services used for cryptocurrency mining may be restricted or suspended.
Repeated or deliberate mining activity may result in service or account termination.
Torrenting and Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
Torrenting and peer-to-peer file-sharing activity is prohibited on VPSMakers services.
Customers must not use VPSMakers infrastructure to download, upload, seed, distribute, or otherwise participate in torrent or peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.
This restriction applies regardless of whether the underlying content is copyrighted or otherwise lawful.
Adult Content
Adult, pornographic, sexually explicit, or sexually oriented content and services are prohibited on VPSMakers infrastructure.
Customers must not use VPSMakers services to host, distribute, operate, or support adult-content websites or related services.
Any illegal sexual content, sexual exploitation, or content involving minors is strictly prohibited and may be reported to the appropriate authorities where required.
Gambling
Gambling-related services are prohibited on VPSMakers infrastructure.
Customers must not use VPSMakers services to operate or host:
- online gambling services
- betting platforms
- gambling applications
- casino services
- lotteries
- games of chance involving money or prizes
- related gambling infrastructure
Fraudulent or illegal gambling activity is strictly prohibited.
VPN, Proxy, Tunneling, and Routing
VPSMakers does not sell or operate a managed VPN or proxy subscription service.
VPSMakers provides self-managed server infrastructure.
Customers may configure lawful VPN, proxy, tunneling, routing, firewall, or similar networking functions on their own VPS or MikroTik service where technically supported.
Customers remain responsible for all traffic and activity originating from their service.
VPN, proxy, tunneling, or routing functionality must not be used to:
- send spam
- commit fraud
- conduct attacks
- gain unauthorized access
- conceal or facilitate illegal activity
- distribute malware
- bypass restrictions for unlawful purposes
- engage in any other activity prohibited by this AUP
Use that generates abuse complaints or creates an unacceptable security or operational risk may result in immediate restriction or suspension.
Financial Fraud and Trading-Related Abuse
VPSMakers provides hosting infrastructure only.
Customers must not use VPSMakers services for:
- financial scams
- fraudulent trading schemes
- impersonation of financial institutions or brokers
- unauthorized financial services
- theft of financial credentials
- fraudulent investment schemes
- other illegal or deceptive financial activity
Customers who use VPSMakers infrastructure to run lawful third-party trading applications remain solely responsible for their own software, accounts, activities, and compliance obligations.
VPSMakers does not operate a brokerage, trading platform, exchange, prop firm, trading-signal service, or investment-advisory service.
Scanning and Security Testing
Port scanning, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, and similar security-testing activities may only be performed against systems that:
- are owned by the customer
- the customer has explicit authorization to test
Scanning or attacking unrelated third-party systems without authorization is prohibited.
VPSMakers may restrict or suspend security-testing activity that creates risk, affects infrastructure stability, or generates legitimate abuse complaints.
Abuse Reports
VPSMakers may receive abuse reports from:
- infrastructure providers
- network providers
- security organizations
- copyright holders
- payment providers
- customers
- law-enforcement agencies
- other third parties
When an abuse report is received, VPSMakers may investigate the affected service.
Depending on the nature and severity of the incident, VPSMakers may:
- contact the customer
- request additional information
- require the customer to investigate or remediate the issue
- restrict network access
- suspend the affected service
- terminate the service
- terminate the customer account
- report the matter to an appropriate authority where legally required
Serious abuse may result in immediate suspension or termination without prior notice.
Compromised Servers and Security Incidents
Customers are responsible for taking reasonable steps to secure their VPS, RDP, or MikroTik service.
If a customer service is compromised and begins generating attacks, spam, malware, fraud, or other abusive traffic, VPSMakers may restrict or suspend the service immediately in order to protect infrastructure, other customers, and third parties.
The customer may be required to:
- investigate the incident
- remove the malicious content or software
- change credentials
- secure the server
- correct the configuration
- reinstall the service
VPSMakers does not normally access the contents of self-managed customer servers.
Where technical assistance is requested, VPSMakers Support may access a customer server only when the customer voluntarily provides the necessary credentials and authorizes support access.
Payment Abuse and Chargebacks
Customers must not use stolen, unauthorized, or fraudulent payment methods.
Payment abuse, unauthorized payments, fraudulent chargebacks, or attempts to misuse the VPSMakers billing system are prohibited.
Where a payment dispute, fraud concern, or chargeback is received, VPSMakers may suspend the affected service or account while the matter is investigated.
Fraudulent or repeated payment abuse may result in permanent account termination.
Suspension and Enforcement
VPSMakers determines, in its reasonable discretion, whether activity violates this Acceptable Use Policy.
Depending on the circumstances, enforcement may include:
- warning
- request for remediation
- network restriction
- service suspension
- service termination
- cancellation of services
- permanent account termination
- reporting to an appropriate authority where required
VPSMakers is not required to provide advance notice where immediate action is reasonably necessary to:
- stop active abuse
- prevent fraud
- protect infrastructure
- protect other customers
- protect third parties
- comply with provider requirements
- comply with applicable law
Serious, fraudulent, malicious, or repeated violations may result in immediate and permanent account termination.
Refund Eligibility Following Abuse
Services or accounts associated with fraud, payment abuse, prohibited activity, or violations of this Acceptable Use Policy are not eligible for a refund or VPSMakers account credit as described in the VPSMakers Refund Policy.
Nothing in this section limits any mandatory rights that cannot legally be excluded.
Law Enforcement and Legal Requests
VPSMakers may cooperate with valid legal requests from competent authorities where required by applicable law.
VPSMakers may preserve or disclose information when legally required or where reasonably necessary to comply with a binding legal obligation.
Where legally permitted, VPSMakers may review the validity and scope of a request before responding.
Customer Responsibility
Customers are responsible for securing their services and for ensuring that anyone they authorize to use their VPSMakers account or service also complies with this Acceptable Use Policy.
A customer may be held responsible for prohibited activity originating from their service, including activity caused by compromised credentials or insecure software.
Customers should take reasonable steps to secure their services and respond promptly to abuse or security notifications.
Changes to This Policy
VPSMakers may update this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- services
- infrastructure
- security practices
- abuse patterns
- provider requirements
- legal requirements
- business practices
Updated versions will be published on the VPSMakers website and the “Last Updated” date will be revised.
Where permitted by applicable law, continued use of VPSMakers services after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Contact Us
For questions about this Acceptable Use Policy or to report abuse:
Abuse Reports: abuse@vpsmakers.com
General and Technical Support: support@vpsmakers.com
Billing and Payment Issues: billing@vpsmakers.com