More news on the autopost memes

[pauraque_bk]

-I haven't been able to confirm this, but word is that people who clicked on the "This is very interesting" link, in addition to incurring an unauthorized post on their journal, may have been infected with a Trojan virus. I don't want to freak people out, since I don't know much about what's going on yet, but if you did click the link, it wouldn't hurt to run your anti-virus software.

-If you have an unauthorized post that you can't delete from the web interface, try deleting it with the Semagic LJ client; some users have had better luck that way.


For those just joining us: There's a security hole in the LJ system that's allowing unauthorized automatic posts. Until it's resolved, don't click on any suspicious links or forms you might see on your friends-list.

Comments

[deslea.livejournal.com]

I don't think it does. I've looked at the source code and all it does is add the entry, including a 1px x 1px image (probably so the maker can track how many people are falling for it with the referrer logs). The guy also has his personal page on the same server, which a malicious hacker wouldn't do.

But yeah, definitely be careful. There are a few variations on this using text links now, so be careful what you click.

[pauraque]

Yeah, that's my point. The present version may not do any harm (except to your pride), but since we know now that there's an issue, it doesn't hurt to be double-careful.