Blogger woes

Here's my sad tale of cyber-insecurity --

In the past few days Google discovered a bit of malware code that someone placed in my South by Southwest website without my permission. They have blocked my site, and in a related matter, suspended my Twitter account. I removed what code I could be sure was a problem. I will have a "geek" with more skills come Tuesday to do the thorough code cleaning and clearing the site needs, fix the registry and reinstate my virus protections. What the blogosphere reports in similar situations, however, is that it can take a long time for Google to act. Even after the site has been cleaned, I am just one in what must be a long line of Blogger writers with blocks on their sites. I do not yet feel defeated by this, but I do feel "in over my head." Thank God for my Geek service availability.

So where does that leave this "little blogger?" Making Good Mondays is perfectly fine. And the websites where I regularly post are also totally available for me to utilize. They include The Sirens Chronicles (with a featured post on Tuesdays); The Reaction (where I am assistant editor and write the "Reaction Reviews"); and TPM Cafe (where I am part of that blogging community). So I will not disappear, except temporarily from South by Southwest, my home blog since March of 2005.

The effect of all this will be that I will do a bit better at answering e-mail, I will be more creative, and I will rely on my little blogging communities for sustenance and support. So enough of "woe is me." I am blessed to have almost everything I need, and hope for solutions.

To those of you who are observing Memorial Day tomorrow, have a fine day. Today I will be watching NASA TV as the Atlantis crew lands -- sometime soon I hope. Godspeed to them.

My new blog is called "Behind the Links."

Carol Gee - Online Universe is the all-in-one home page for my websites.

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