Bloke -- What a sad and incredible story! I'm so sorry this happened to you, but I'm glad you recovered to the point where you could get up and running again, with your data, and of course, blog again. This is scary stuff and a good warning to others about the evil among us. Welcome back. We missed you.
Glad to have you back bloke! Its too bad there are people in this world that only want to hurt people or steal something. I feel for you in your computer woes. I have formated hard drives so many times that i lost count.
Thanks Kathy and Curtis. I'm considering sending the email to the FBI computer forensics lab for further investigation. I will also contact the authorities to shut down the maliscious site.
Kirsten
· 1 year ago
Glad to see you back! Sorry to hear of your computer troubles. I hope everything gets back to normal for you soon (minus crazy computer issues, of course!)
Bloke, please do us all a favor and share information on steps you're taking to deal with this. I think we should all know what needs to be done to work towards shutting these idiots down. It's getting ridiculous the things one needs to do to be protected any more. I have two virus checkers running at all times, plus about three different spyware filters up and running. And I'm sure that I'm still not completely safe.
Wow... so sorry to hear of this Bloke. Why the heck would someone be so malicious to try and steal a Blog???? I don't understand how people can be so destructive. So glad to hear you didn't lose any data... a lesson that frequent backups are ciritical nowadays!
Thanks Maureen. It's good to be back. To answer your question -- they're sickos, that's why. I use this blog to speak about blog ethics and the lack thereof. Obviously they don't like it (or get it) and if they can steal my blog then they can take away my voice (at least according to the theory). What they don't seem to realize is their subtrifuge is only a temporary setback (not to mention illegal) and have made me all the more determined to get the word out. I'm also determined to prove who the culprits are and I will prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Sueblimely
· 1 year ago
What was it in the email that made you suspect that it was the cause of your problems. It would be good to know so that we can watch out for similar threats. After having lost all my data lately I now realize how vital an off computer backup is - a backup drive on the same machine is not enough.
I have added a few more pages by request to the site, main ones were Autism in teenagers and Gluten Free diet.
Thanks to everyone for the feedback! Ill keep it updated as i get time
Thanks Again
Lee
Ellen Wilson
· 1 year ago
Bloke, that really sucks! And I think the bastards are after me. My last post contains a reply that askimet caught, but I thought was sent by you because it has blog bloke in the header, so I let it through. Go over to my site and check it out. Is this you? Or not? Let me know. Thanks. Ellen
I just ran Spybot and dumpted the comment into spam box. I think it was really weird this happened as you mentioned getting blogjacked and then I get the bogus comment. I was too nervous to keep it up. I have a router so I hope I'm okay. I don't have tons of bucks to dump into my blogging efforts either!
You were smart not to click on the link and check with me first. Leaving the comment without a link would not have harmed you. You can edit it out in your dashboard. Here's a nice plugin that I use called "Delink Comment Author" that easily removes links with just one click:
It is a shame that there are people out there who would be this malicious and intentionally cause damage, even if they disagree with your views. There are a number of sites available, like http://www.recovermypc.com and others, that can help with data recovery when this happens. This can save a lot of time.
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