Yesterday our brown crunchy grass and fading flowers most gratefully received a long absent precious commodity...rain. It's been weeks since we've had any to speak of. Though not near what we need, it still made me feel like doing my best Gene Kelly routine, sans umbrella.
Rain, glorious rain. Please come back again!
Meanwhile, I don't know about anyone else, but I've been having tons of trouble the last few weeks with spam on Blogger. Nowhere else...just on Blogger. And unfortunately it's not just annoying spam. Some of it is annoying X-rated spam. Let me tell you, there's no greater thrill than having an explicit adult image creep onto the screen as I try to write a blog post or comment. Although the pictures could potentially be a weird sort of conversation piece (judging by some of the photos), they certainly don't do much for my concentration.
I've had my computer checked for viruses (none found) and installed a new security device. Yet a few not-so-nice anonymous comments have still sneaked through Blogger's spam filter, straight on to Critter Alley.
Indy, Bogey and I are appalled and pretty much completely grossed out. Long story short...we are now viewing all comments before posting them. Seriously, don't some people have anything better to do than send porn to critters and old ladies? If there's a presidential candidate who is willing to take on spammers, they will certainly get my vote.
Is anyone else having problems with spam on Blogger?
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Showing posts with label spam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spam. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, September 3, 2009
OT Warning!

Image credit to sajjadzaidi.com
I don't imagine that I used to get any more random spam email than anyone else. Then I made a HUGE MISTAKE.
The subject line of one innocuous looking email mentioned my eligibility for a $1000 gift certificate to a very well known discount store. It sounded too good to be true, but I bit anyway.
Shortly into the site's information gathering process, I realized it was a scam. I aborted the email and bailed without ever hitting the "Send" button.
Apparently I didn't need to, because ever since then I am being deluged with spam email. I delete it as soon as it comes--sometimes as many as 16+ per day. It's beyond annoying.
Though this subject is off-topic (unless you lump it in with yesterday's "garbage" post), I wanted to warn others about my experience.
Moral to this story is...don't click on anything that you're not 100% certain about. You don't have to respond to a message in order for spammers to grab your address. And if it sounds too good to be true, rest assured, that it is.
A sadder but wiser me is now looking for a solution.
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