[5] Besides possible links to viruses, the website used to display adult adverts.

Astalavista is a pun on the Spanish phrase "hasta la vista" (meaning "see you later").

It has been speculated that the name was a play on the 90's web search engine Altavista, however, that was launched a year later in 1995.

[9] On April 7, 2021, an article was published on Medium.com by Dancho Danchev stating that the site is back up and running.

Subsequent attempts to reach the site however lead to a 503 Service Unavailable error on the website.