Something strange and eerie is happening on this side of Blogger.
Lately, my dashboard is being bombarded by various posts from these blogs that I follow.
These blogs were never updated for more than 8 months. Take note that the entries were made by an UNKNOWN author at (blog name)
This is the consequence of not deleting blogs. They are being hacked by ghost authors, malware, or bots. They spam dashboards, and much worse, they pose as the owners of the blog. Who knows? They could be unscrupulous people who will use these blogs to cheat and extort money from other bloggers.
Piece of advice: If you get tired of blogging, delete your blog and all your information in it. Prevention is better than cure.
Creepy. Oh well. Happy Halloween.
4 Comments
That's scary! I didn't know that was possible :s Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeletehttp://smizingmica.blogspot.com/
mica: super! Now I'm thinking of making my password more complicated!
ReplyDeletei think it's not limited to blogs. i have been receiving emails from my contacts which they denied ever sending. the emails have variations of the message "click the link" and a link follows after. didn't dare click for fear of malware.
ReplyDeleteSalmoncat: thanks for the input! Yeah, those emails are too obvious. The title of the email and the contents are giveaways. But these blogs, they were hacked. Even the layouts of their pages were changed. I unfollowed these blogs for fear of being hacked. :/
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think of this post! :)