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Register.com parted ways with co-founder and CEO Richard Forman in June, 2003.<ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2222401/Forman-Out-as-Registercom-CEO.htm Internetnews.com]</ref> Peter Forman, brother of Richard Forman and co-foundeder of the company assumed the president and CEO position the very same day. Peter Foreman resiged as CEO in February 2005.
Register.com parted ways with co-founder and CEO Richard Forman in June, 2003.<ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/2222401/Forman-Out-as-Registercom-CEO.htm Internetnews.com]</ref> Peter Forman, brother of Richard Forman and co-foundeder of the company assumed the president and CEO position the very same day. Peter Foreman resiged as CEO in February 2005.
In 2006 Register.com was sold to the San Francisco-based private equity firm [[Vector Capital Corporation]] for about 200 million dollars.<ref>[http://www.redherring.com/Home/13093 Red Herring]</ref> David Moore was appointed as inturim CEO of the company by Vector Capital after the acquisition. <ref>[http://www.sonostarventures.com/moore_bio.htm Sonostar Ventures]</ref>. During his time, the company focused on cost reduction through better business practices and was successful in the process.
In 2006 Register.com was sold to the San Francisco-based private equity firm [[Vector Capital Corporation]] for about 200 million dollars.<ref>[http://www.redherring.com/Home/13093 Red Herring]</ref> [[David Moore]] was appointed as inturim CEO of the company by Vector Capital after the acquisition. <ref>[http://www.sonostarventures.com/moore_bio.htm Sonostar Ventures]</ref>. During his time, the company focused on cost reduction through better business practices and was successful in the process.
on November 1, 2006, register.com announced appointment of Larry Kutscher, as Chief Executive Officer of the company.<ref>[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/FREE/61101010/1064/newsletter01 Crain's New York Business.com]</ref>. Under Kutscher, Register.com continued the strategy of supporting small business owners and entrepreneurs.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/small-business/2008/05/qa_with_registercom_ceo_larry.html The Washington Post]</ref>
on November 1, 2006, register.com announced appointment of [[Larry Kutscher]], as Chief Executive Officer of the company.<ref>[http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061101/FREE/61101010/1064/newsletter01 Crain's New York Business.com]</ref>. Under Kutscher, Register.com continued the strategy of supporting small business owners and entrepreneurs.<ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/small-business/2008/05/qa_with_registercom_ceo_larry.html The Washington Post]</ref>
Kutscher served as CEO of Register.com until July 2010<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/larry-kutscher-new-ceo,1506537.html Earth Times ]</ref>. In July 2010, Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance ]</ref>
Kutscher served as CEO of Register.com until July 2010<ref>[http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/larry-kutscher-new-ceo,1506537.html Earth Times ]</ref>. In July 2010, Register.com was acquired by [[Web.com]] for about $135 million.<ref>[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/web-com-register-com/19520249/ Daily Finance ]</ref>
On August 9, 2005, Register.com announced that they signed a merger agreement for an acquisition by Vector Capital Corporation, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. <ref>[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1022837/registercom-bought-out-by-vector-capital The Inquirer]</ref>Public share holders of Register.com receive cashed consideration of $7.81 per share in the merger. Following the merger, Register.com was once again privately held and was no longer listed on The Nasdaq National Market.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138062292.html highbeam Research]</ref>
On August 9, 2005, Register.com announced that they signed a merger agreement for an acquisition by Vector Capital Corporation, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. <ref>[http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1022837/registercom-bought-out-by-vector-capital The Inquirer]</ref>Public share holders of Register.com receive cashed consideration of $7.81 per share in the merger. Following the merger, Register.com was once again privately held and was no longer listed on The Nasdaq National Market.<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-138062292.html highbeam Research]</ref>
===DDoS Attacks===
On January 6, 2001, Register.com had a severe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that lasted for an entire week. It was the first major attack using DNS servers as reflectors.<ref>[http://www.secure64.com/news-register-reflective-ddos-dns Secure 64]</ref>
On April 1, 2009, Register.com suffered another major DDoS attack, disruptingthousands of web sites. <ref>[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2009/04/web_sites_disrupted_by_attack.html The Washington Post]</ref>FBI and The Department of Homeland Security were engaged to help register.com to solve the issue.<ref>[http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/04/regitsercom_suf.html;jsessionid=HIULXEGJM5SXDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN Information week's Security Web Blog]</ref> Services experienced different kind of problems for almost three days and the system was restored through counter-measures and minimized the disruption.<ref>[http://www.network-box.com/aboutus/news/registercom-affected-massive-ddos Network Box]</ref> Their CEO, Larry Kutscher, explains "For the past three days Register.com has been experiencing intermittent service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – an intentionally malicious flooding of our systems from various points across the internet. We know the disruption of business this has caused our customers is unacceptable, and we are working round the clock to combat it.".
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