Blogger Blogs Redirecting To Blogrolling.Com #2

Slightly less than 1 calendar week ago, nosotros started seeing reports inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, suggesting all the same to a greater extent than or less other hijack of Blogger spider web log readers.

When trying to persuasion my spider web log I am redirected to http://rpc.blogrolling.com. Has my spider web log been hacked?

The titles (questions) are phrased thus differently, too posted inward such numbers, inward the forums (and every bit comments to my blog), that suggests that nobody publishing these questions sees how many other people are reporting the same problem. And fifty-fifty amongst many of us knowing virtually the problem, too having developed a unproblematic diagnostic procedure, the reports hold coming.

Why create nosotros run into thus many reports, virtually 1 unproblematic problem?

Obviously, the diagnostic physical care for is non obvious, fifty-fifty amongst my repetitive too seemingly copied too pasted response.

Using the "Page Elements" GUI wizard, take away gadget HTMLxx from your blog.

With the proper technique, identifying the work gadget "HTMLxx" (with "xx" expected to vary from spider web log to blog), left over from a 3rd political party accessory that stopped working over a twelvemonth ago, takes less than five minutes.

Identifying the work gadget is quite straightforward, too requires solely 1 tool - any "text only", or properly hardened, browser.

1. Load the contents of the spider web log inward question, into whatsoever browser that is not dependent champaign to JavaScript based redirects.
2. View the origin of the blog.
   1. If this is a hardened browser, that displays the spider web log contents graphically (such every bit what you lot are viewing, correct now), you'll ask to purpose the "View Source" carte du jour option.
   2. If this is a text solely browser (or text based proxy display), you lot volition already live on looking at the source.
3. Search for the commutation text - "blogrolling".
4. Look at the typical search result.

   <script language="javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=aaed69f2505e892af783636f3f5a204c" type="text/javascript"></script>

5. Slightly inward a higher house the search result, you'll uncovering the gadget identified.

   <div class='widget HTML' id='HTML3'>

6. And at that topographic point it is.

   HTML3

7. And now, my advice.

   Using the "Page Elements" GUI wizard, take away gadget HTML3 from your blog.

8. Now, it's your plough (since you lot ain the spider web log amongst the misbehaving gadget, HTML3).
   1. Use "Page Elements".
   2. Find gadget "HTML3".
   3. Edit, too then Remove, HTML3.
   4. Done.
9. What to a greater extent than advice is needed? Get to work, on your blog.

The details - such every bit "xx" - volition differ - but the procedure, in 1 lawsuit you lot larn it, tin live on done inward two minutes.

Since I dedicated this blog, long ago, to publishing details virtually Blogger blogs

Chuck, everybody knows that!

yet

Why did you lot hold off thus long to write this article?

The schizophrenic abuse of my patience continues.

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