PSA

[pauraque_bk]

There are a couple of destructive memes going around.

If you see a form written in Russian with a bunch of usernames, don't put in yours.

If you see a post with nothing but a link that says "This is very interesting", don't click it.

These memes exploit a hole in LJ security and automatically post to your journal. There's some discussion on closing the hole in lj_dev here.

If one of these memes already got you, clear your cookies and change your password.

EDIT: Having read a little more about this problem, my advice is not to put in your username anywhere except LJ's own pages until this issue is resolved.

Comments

[fernwithy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I got one. Thanks for the suggestion.

Re: Thanks!

[threeoranges.livejournal.com]

Does this apply if you only entered your lj-username and didn't actually enter a password/do anything to update your lj?

*worried* :-)

[chelsea-energy.livejournal.com]

I *knew* there was something fishy about those Russian memes, and thus I did not enter my name. Boy am I glad now. Did you see they have them in English now? Something about how long can you make your sausage...

[spug.livejournal.com]

The memes are not able to get your password, and are not dangerous. See the answers to the following support requests as a reference: http://www.livejournal.com/support/see_request.bml?id=294736

They're annoying, but let's not resort to hysteria. Nobody's getting anyone's passwords :)

[t-winkle725.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!

Its the sort of thing someone like myself can be so blissfully unaware of - and if it's a question of f*%&king up someone else's f-list - of course its a 'should', no doubt about it -

What we really need here, is some sort of lj etiquette community - where people can post concerns like this to a public forum, without offending anyone - just, you know, 'No offence, but...This is stuff you NEED TO KNOW.....'

*g*