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September 26, 2004
Blog Problems
By QBlog in
ALERT ENDED: (8:25 p.m. EDT)
All problems have been resolved. I've tested the site on multiple browsers and found the source of the problem (the script embedded itself in one of my secondary templates) and corrected it. Again, this was not an attack on this site, it was an attack on a sister server and the script just transferred to all connected servers.
If you're running Internet Explorer you will have no problems and can comment without any fear of executing a malicious script though I still advise everyone to use a different browser just because I dislike Microsoft's incompetence in this area.
Again, I apologize for this inconvenience and steps were taken to prevent this from happening in the future. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or are experiencing any problems regarding this site.
Thanks.
IMPORTANT ALERT!!!: (7:00 p.m. EDT)
If you use Internet Explorer as your browser DO NOT POST A COMMENT! As I stated below there was a malicious script run on this server and it is apparently still running but only seems to execute on the Internet Explorer browser. If you use IE do not click the "comment" button.
Still trying to fix this.
Thanks.
UPDATE: (6:30 p.m. EDT)
All problems seem to have been resolved. I apologize for any inconvenience. The problems resulted from some malicious script executed on a sister server by a hacker. Some of you reported that you were asked to download something when trying to view comments on this blog and that was the result of the script "infecting" all connected servers. It was not caused by anything malicious being done specifically to this site. It was also not anything that I had control over.
However, I recommend that everyone who experienced a download prompt to run their virus software and quit using Internet Explorer as your primary browser (I recommend FireFox, Mozilla or Opera). There is really no reason to be using Internet Explorer today and with its horrendous record of security holes I advise everyone to ditch it (except when necessary to access certain sites that choose to work only with IE) and use something else. Anyway, I don't see any signs that the script deployed a virus or worm but it can't hurt to err on the side of caution.
So, comments should be functioning now. If you notice any problems, please email me or leave a comment here. Keep it brief but descriptive. As I tried to troubleshoot this problem earlier, I disabled the comments on selected posts. I will try to turn those back on but may not get to them all until tomorrow.
Thanks for your patience.
As you may know, this blog is experiencing some server problems. Work is being done to resolve those issues but for now, please be patient. Comments are being disabled to help with this effort.
Thanks.
Comments
I'm really sorry man. I feel bad. It was just out of my control and I tried to warn everyone as soon as I knew. Hope everything gets under control for you.
I hate hackers.
Thanks, QBlog.
That means a lot to me.
Ambivalent
Hey QBlog,
I was one of the ones that caught this bug--and a nasty bug it was. It kept hijacking my browser to some lame site and would reinstall on reboot.
For anyone else that gets it, Spybot will take out the adware/spyware but not solve the Java problem that reinstalls it on reboot. You need CWShredder for that.
I was wondering if you were sharing more than just your cookies with us.
Ambivalent
Posted by: Ambivalent | September 27, 2004 11:41 PM