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The Great Blog Explosion

By Beth On August 31, 2011 · 2312 CommentsThe+Great+Blog+Explosion2011-08-31+21%3A51%3A14Beth · In Blogging

Normally … finding that my blog had been hacked would have been cause for a major emotional breakdown. It seems that it should have been even more so since I was already overwrought. But when people started telling me that there was an issue on my blog the only thought I could dredge up was … “of course there is!” I have been swamped at work. I have e-mails, letters, and phone calls from lawyers coming out my ears. I’m still battling cat poop … and cleaning TWO litter boxes twice daily. It’s still 100+ every day in Tulsa. Bert’s blood pressure is crazy. Jeff got kicked out of the Big Brother house. Of course my blog got hacked! I tried, and tried, and tried some more to fix it. My supposition is that one of the plug-ins that recently updated opened a door. So I uninstalled all of them but the malware stood firm. Every link on my blog led either to a Google search page or some scary looking Do Not Proceed [...]

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