Bad Behavior’s Bad Behavior

Imagine my shock when I was directed to this page on signing in to my blog admin area:

Error 403

We’re sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for /wp-login.php on this server.

Your Internet Protocol address is listed on a blacklist of addresses involved in malicious or illegal activity. See the listing below for more details on specific blacklists and removal procedures.

Your technical support key is: …………

You can use this key to fix this problem yourself.

If you are unable to fix the problem yourself, please contact “my email address” and be sure to provide the technical support key shown above.

However the panic was short lived. I copied the first sentence, did a search on this and found the answer I needed.

The cause was an error on the Bad Behaviour wp plugin server. Installing the new version of the plugin fixed the problem.

Thanks Meg for alerting me to this (Meg was informed that she was blacklisted too when she tried to comment on my site)

If you have been the victim of this too head over to Bad Behavior 2.0.11 and install the new version.

And DON’T PANIC!

(My heart rate has now returned to normal, just)

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Comment by Jason Frovich
2007-12-07 04:16:47

Man your a life savor
I was freaking out wondering how my blog blocked me..

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2007-12-07 08:17:10

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Comment by Modesty
2007-12-07 08:26:24

thank u so much for posting this!

I freaked out to this morning and your posting was a life-saver!!!

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2007-12-09 23:17:11

links from Technoratiblog in favor of her own WordPress blog. I think it was a good move, although it’ll take time to build readers again. Sue blogs about blogging for those who aren’t trying to monetize their sites. I looked through some recent articles and read aboutBad Behavior’s bad behaviorand Blogspot Blogger comment form change unfair to ALL bloggers, both subjects that I’ve been dealing with over time and reading on other blogs as well. I don’t need to write about them — articles like these tell you everything you need to know. I

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2007-12-11 05:07:49

links from TechnoratiLess Than Three Award Using your own Blog URL as your OpenID nimrodjo.com » Blog Archive » Understanding Blogging 77 Article Directories For Your Bum Marketing CampaignsBad Behavior’s Bad Behavior

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Comment by Mark Rose
2007-12-19 03:52:47

Thank you! Freaky. I thought my blog was hijacked.

Mark Rose’s last blog post..PR/Media Week in Review 11-18-07

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Comment by Sueblimely
2007-12-19 06:12:02

This was my first reaction too. A client’s site had been hacked into a week or so before this so I was extra suspicious.

 
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