Today we had a bit of a moment. This very blog was redirecting most of the fine readers of this blog to random sites where they were collecting clickity click clicks. Stinkers. So short version, I’d kind of been hacked. Except it turns out the culprit was my BadgePlz widget. The one that displays my Instagram photos and has been there for one hundred years. Turns out it was that. If you have one, your site will be doing it too. Even if you don’t think it is, it is. Your browser is just blocking it. So short version is that all is well. You can now click here without fear of ending up somewhere different.
Sorry about the spam links too. That sucks. Maybe you should use Chrome, it’s awesome as far as browsers go and seems to block all that nonsense. Just saying. Do what you want. But if you’re still using Internet Explorer you are missing out on SO much good stuff out there and you don’t even know it. Because it sucks. Sorry. But it does. So download Chrome or Mozilla or Safari today and run for the hills from that stinky old sucker.
And I’ll see you all back here tomorrow morning bright and early for the last post in stripe week!
It’s a goodie.
No, really.
It is.
See you there!
Hi! I’m Suger; Chief Blogger at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; love a casual ootd, taking photos + writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days in the sun at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet. Which means I take photos, create content, write copy and devise social media plans for personal brands, small businesses and bloggers. You know, living the sweet life.
What! But I love my instagram photos showing up 🙁
Just use Webstagram. No issues with their widget. 🙂
The same thing is happening to my blog. And I don’t know how to fix it. Waaahh!
Mrs Catch, do you have a BadgePlz widget? Remove that. It was the code in that had been corrupted. Email me if you need more help, happy to do it. xo
Chrome FTW!!
Haha. YUP!
I haven’t been here for a few days, so had no idea you were having troubles, but I’m glad you got it sorted.
I’m running very happily on Firefox now. (Mozilla)
Me too! Good choice. Firefox is great and will keep you out of trouble. 😉
So glad we got to the bottom of that little stinker! xx
Great job on the script find, I say! They had been scanning Nat’s blog for malware for a while and hadn’t been able to pinpoint the issue. Well done you, super sleuth!