February 21, 2005
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XANGA DECAY
Our team spotted a Xanga redirect blogworm this morning – you can read more about it at xanga.com/updates:
There’s a redirect code that unexpectedly leads your site to a page with “Xanga
Decay” on it. We just rolled out a fix for this to stop it from spreading, but
if you’ve already been infected, you can delete the code off your site yourself. moreAs we mention in the post, we’re in the process of beta testing
some security features which should roll out in the next
week. For example, you’ll have to go through an extra
signin before you can edit your Look & Feel codes. In other
words, everyone will be more secure but also slightly annoyed and
inconvenienced… sorta like going through airport security these
days. Sorry about this guys…
Comments (73)
the annoyance is probably worth it . . .
<33333!
3rd comment! not bad
Yeah! Rock on Xanga!
I just hope the ‘fixes’ don’t ruin the redirect script that some of us have been using to keep people who we do NOT want on our sites, at all, off them once and for all. It’s the first peace I’ve had on my site for three years, and I HOPE that it is not taken away by this new repair.
WOOT
neat…cool
woah, cool #7, awesome, but yeah, all of those security measures are gonna suck, but i guess if it’ll add xtra protection
oops, #9, now #10….lol
<3333333333333!
thanks for the notice.
the extra security will be worth not seeing “xanga decay”….again
thank you for trhe update..
..dont say sorry, youre doing whats best for us. Anyone that matters will see that.
Thanks for everything you do for us!
it will be kinda annoying!
but it’s worth it, but could you at least have username filled in and we just have to enter our password everytime? it would make it a little easier.. and LESS annoying!
my friend http://www.xanga.com/piya got that “xanga decay” thing
i figured that cure out..
hey, whatever stops the virus from spreading is cool with me.
Yeah, Xanga is cool. Rock On. Dunt know anyone that had the Xanga Decay tho……
Forgas
Gotta do whatcha gotta do.
THANk u!
go ahead and do wat u gotta do man noones gonna object to dat atleast our xangas will probaly be safer den
Thank you.
so, i’m kind of curious, do you ever catch / have you ever caught any of these people who pull this kind of stunt, and what happens to them?
personally, i hope they get strung upside down by their toes.
the security will be great…just as long as I have my blog…i was worried when my site got decayed.
Worth the trouble, if it works.
Isn’t it easy to stop keyloggers with just a 3 try password limit and then no more tries for the rest of the day?
as long as someone DOESN”T eff up my site teh extra inconveniance is cool…
joNEZY
Thanks.
i tired to delete my entries but it’s not being deleted..
hojongsoo@gmail.com
dope
i really glad to have heard this notice. my xanga got awfully decayed too. i couldnt open my subscription page, cus it led me to picture of a guy pointing a middle finger at me and said that my xanga have been decayed. i even almost registered to a new xanga for that.
but then i found out i got that decayed code from one of my subscribers. i delete her from my list, and everything turned out okay.
some security is better than none
The answer is simple. There’s code that can actually lock the browser page from being redirected unless the end user clicks on a link themselves. If I come across the code again, it’ll save alot of these issues. I’ll let you know if I do.
Holy crap, are you serious? I was suscribed to a site with that. Its sorta screwed up my subs, so I deleted him off my list. But whew, thankyou thankyou thankyou!
Have no idea what the hell you are talking about…
But? If ur out fixin’ shit, could you please look at the alternator on my truck…
I think it’s that diode thingie inside the alternating thingie….. The battery is 12 years old….
I’m at a loss here…
Lemme know…
Thanks in advance:
mitch
So what do you guys think of the story done on Xanga by the news station in St. Petersburg, FL? Have y’all made a statement or anything?
coolness.
I don’t mind the inconvenience besides it is slight as long as it is making it secure
I’d rather log in twice to prevent any worm, virus or bug.
thanks
Thanks for all you and the Xanga team do, John
thanks!
Thank You
thanks! =]
hi my xanga got hacked can you help me? thanks bye
My Xanga got hacked as well. Glad I wasn’t the only one. I had figured it out when it finally stopped going to the decay page and I hightlighted my page to see it was in a post. I just went to safe mode and deleted it. You know you have way to much time on your hands when you terminate other people’s sites for fun.
AH! thank you! that happened to my other account.
i switched accounts cause i wasnt sure what to do, but thanks. if i happens again, i know what to do!
and dont apologize..things like this happen. hakuna matata.
<3jen
thanks john & everyone else on the xanga team! i and everybody else really appreciates it ;]
i’m so glad you fixed this; i was completely and utterly devastated when i couldn’t write in my xanga!!!! thank you =]!!!
blat
thanks for letting us know =D
Thank you so much for fixing everything!
I got so scared when my xanga “decayed”
You guys are awesome! I hope this further security helps keep xanga safe
~Animelover711
hi john.
Rettah<3
“Security” is good. (It’s my current cyber profession..) A brief list of the measures you implement would be appreciated as they go into effect in production. Also, if beta, does that mean you’ll need and ask for beta testers on beta.xanga first?
gracias
THANK YOU AHHH!! >__< i thought my page was all a lost cause…after it opend up on my bf’s computer and spread like a virus everywhere
thanks so much
i hated that xanga decay thing
<3
hmmm..
i hope i don’t get it.
=D thanks for the warning
=[
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhssssssss
Cool Xanga.
And why is it that so many people commented on my site that they thought I was responsible for this?
i know who made the virus. hehe.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t64890-0.html
and it’s not Prometheus.
it was pretty fun to backwords engineer the virus.
totaly a-some
i need help w/b
hiddyho
wut up.
Woo-hoo! A member of the Xanga team’s blog! Well, I just decided to comment here because of the opportunity to increase traffic to my site. Selfish, huh?
the hacker revealed himself at http://www.createblog.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t64890-150.html . it was fun figuring out how his virus worked.
err… i forgot that i commented 11 months ago.
why did the http://jayssite.livejournal.com/68764.html get sued for $7000 when the maker of this virus got nothing =(
and he was only 15 at the time