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Bloggers battered by viral storm

Posted by on 1st Sep 2007 Blogger 2 comments

I came across this yesterday on the BBC website.

Apparently, many Blogger users have had their blogs hacked with fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC.

If you use Blogger or read blogs which do use it, please be careful if you see posts with the following titles :-

  • are you kidding me? lol
  • Dude dont send that stuff to my home email…
  • Dude your gonna get caught, lol
  • HAHAHAHAHAHA, man your insane!
  • I cant belive you did this
  • LMAO, your crazy man
  • LOL, dude what are you doing
  • man, who filmed this thing?
  • oh man your nutz
  • OMG, what are you thinking

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2 comments - Leave a reply
  • Posted by Dan on 4th Sep 2007

    Yes, I saw this. Have received several e-mails with just those titles. Made me nervous for a few minutes. Luckily my computer flashed a warning not to open these. I spammed them anyway. Good info.
  • Posted by Blogs for Money on 7th Sep 2007

    This was mis-reported. The blog owners had malware and their "email to blog" addresses were in their contact lists and the viruses were sent to them. The blogs weren't hacked :-)