Hi Alex,

Very nice illustrations. As a Blogger, have you given any thought to how the damn thing is spreading through BlogSpot (or through Blogger, and the two are NOT the same)?

I'm trying to convince Blogger Support to take this seriously. Blogger Support needs to know this, to determine how they can clean up the mess, and keep the mess from spreading.

1. New blogs, created specifically for the purpose of distributing the worm, by the bad guys,
2. Existing blogs, hijacked by the bad guys, stolen from the legit owner,
3. Existing blogs, with posts added by the worm, from a hacked computer used by the legit blog owner.
Chuck Croll (MS - MVP) | Homepage | 08.29.07 - 8:14 pm | #

Well, Google knows about this and the pages have been taken down. I can't speak to the rest... how these got there, is still a matter of speculation.
Alex Eckelberry | 08.29.07 - 9:23 pm | #

Well, since I read about this nuisance, I have gone "Next Blog" surfing a dozen times or so, maybe 3 or 4 hours total. I've found 3 or 4 DOZEN of these same damn splogs.

I've reported each one, and each one has been removed.

Go surfing yourself, and tell me if there are any less of this splog family.

They are like dandelions. You can't do anything about them in YOUR yard, unless your neighbour gets rid of them in his yard, and his neighbour, and so on.

So we have to motivate Blogger to get rid of the entire farm, properly. Not one at a time, as we report them.

You see the problem as hacking (Storm Worm being merely one example). Blogger sees it as spam. It's two sides of the same problem, but we have to show the other side to Blogger.
Chuck Croll (MS - MVP) | Homepage | 08.30.07 - 10:34 am | #