This Blog Was Hacked?!

I usually check my blogs first thing in the morning and when i checked this one earlier, the layout was distorted. All i can see was my left side bar occupying the entire screen. I really freaked out! Well, who wouldn't? I was clueless on what happened to it. I texted Twinks (the one responsible for the layout) right away and when she said that my blog could have been possibly hacked, i got nervous the more. I talked to Ellaine (Lainyonline.com) who once experienced having her site hacked and yes, she said mine was hacked too. But the difference is, she couldn't access her site when it was hacked before. I could access mine, the only problem is, the page elements on the layout were nowhere to be found. And whenever i opened that section, this disturbing name... banished.ru appears on the lower left most corner of my screen. When i opened my site in a different browser - IE to be exact, that "name" was detected as virus. So how did that happen? Well, not being a techie, i really have no idea.

Gladly, my friend Mabelle (Mabelleverlasting.com) who is always there to lend a helping hand was online so i asked her help. She knows about tweaking layouts, as well as those html codes. And though she can't figure herself what exactly happened to my site, but then again, she was able to solve what has to be done for the meantime, and that's to change my layout. I was so happy to know that all my posts are still here and nothing's missing. I felt relief after that. Thanks a lot, Dear. You are my angel. (",)

Twinks (Tchel.com) is still on duty now and will check my layout this afternoon. For the meantime, please bear with my layout, guys! Twinks will soon cast her magic spell in here and everything will be alright. *wink*

14 warm comments:

Rogue said...
June 26, 2009 12:15 PM

Yeah Lynn, I was surprised to se the simplicity in the surroundings... Good luck friend to regain your artistic layout.

GMIL & TLC said...
June 26, 2009 12:41 PM

elow dear dli lagi to hack or virus woi...charchar lang to. ya know na change layout para sa ahemmmm...ikaw jud ba...pachar lang to woi para mahanaw tong imong mga pets ba....

labay lang ko dear. si twinks na lang ana layout oi kay ulaw ko ba. liman ka first comment o artistik na nawong daw sa imong blog. ako dli ko artistik man woi wiriswiristik ra ni akoa whahahaha...

bitaw dear, sana inig visit nako ani next time, pagwapahan na ni ni twinks. kanang sama ka gwapa nimo. have a nice day dear....

matulog nako kay hapit na 11pm diri...sige pa kog dropping wa lain balita about ni michael jackson. matulog nalang ko oi basin ako ang next kay ready na ko hehehhe....

bye bye dear....regards sa bb nimo..tc mwah...

Lynn said...
June 26, 2009 1:31 PM

@rogue
thanks sis. nice to hear from u again. (",)

@gmil
hahaha! how i wish dear nga charchar ra to. naguol baya jud ko. oi ha, artistic pud baya ka. thanks a lot for the help, dear. good night sa imo. mwah!

Michelle said...
June 26, 2009 1:47 PM

wow, that's scary! kuyaw diay mga hacker ron kay manglabot man ug mga blog. maayo ipabarang. haha

Solo said...
June 26, 2009 2:28 PM

Scary! Hope everything will be ok soon.;D

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Summer said...
June 26, 2009 3:01 PM

juz ko parehu tayo! pinabayaan ko lang sya. ngaun naging ok na! :D baka ganundin sayo. bakit ka nag panic agad. :( parehong pareho tayo nang situation. :(

Basyon said...
June 26, 2009 3:59 PM

Oh my! That's quite alarming. But glad that it's ok now. Hope to see your blog back in normal.;D

Lynn said...
June 26, 2009 4:46 PM

@michelle
hahaha! kung puwede lang sis. ambot ngano manghilabot man jud no. hilom hilom ra gani ko diri. hee hee.

@solo
i hope so too...

@summer
i was scared u know kaya i really panicked and it's my first to have experienced such so i think it's already given. kahit siguro sino, ganun magiging reaction. good for u, naging ok agad sa yo.

@basyon
it is really alarming. hoping everything will be back to normal soon too.

maxivelasco said...
June 26, 2009 6:23 PM

oh no! i was so surprised, too when i arrived here today. oh my... that's a scary one. i am happy that you've mentioned that at least, nothing's gone. but still, that's so irritating! hope it all gets fixed by twinks...

hugs to you lynn!

nancy said...
June 26, 2009 10:17 PM

i've read this sa plurk nimo ganiha buntag. la lang ko naka blog hop ganiha kay super jud kahinay akong connection as in ga kamang.

btw, akong bag-o na template gikan to sa btemplates.com. gi bookmark nako ilang site ba kay every now and then naa silay bag-o. One of the first few users siguro ko ato na layout kay pag edit nako wala pa syay rating as in mao pa jud pag publish... i-check lang ilang site sis, basi naa ka maangayan and yep downloadable sya. dali lang man, i buzz lang ko if you need help ha... online ko always naga invi lang ko, hehe!

GMIL & TLC said...
June 27, 2009 1:59 PM

oi ka gwapa na ani imong blog dear. o hanas na jud ka ba. tsk tsk tsk..

simple pero rock mani dear maka inlove.

hehhee...bitaw nagmata pa ko karon kay nanaginot kog sinsilyo. basin pa mahimong dollars heheheh.... hapit na 12am diri naglurat pa akong myuta aw mata d i hehehhe..

bitaw dear have a nice day. u did a great job sa pagwapa sa imong site! I LOVE IT! mwah!

coolingstar9 said...
June 28, 2009 2:24 AM

Lynn,
This was ready bad that someone like to hack here and there.
Today, I come to your site and find the layout is totally new.
Happy to visit your interesting site again, have the nice weekend.

Lynn said...
June 28, 2009 7:11 AM

@maxi
yep sis. i'm just so glad that everything is still intact. that's all that matters.

@nancy
thank u for the info, sis. mwah!

@gmil
hahaha! salamat kaayo dear.

@coolingstar9
ya, really bad but glad everything is ok now. thanks for the visit and the compliment, friend. have a nice weekend too.

juliana said...
June 29, 2009 11:49 AM

hey sis, the same thing happened to my Lair blog, it was totally blank and that same link appeared too. my web host shifted my blog to the default WP theme and then my fairy godmother got the old theme back in place. she thinks the code was embedded in the paying post code.