I ... don't actually care enough to help LJ fix it, because I currently have a support request in that consists of "why can I no longer log in to my account using Opera" and until they answer me on that LJ is dead to me anyway. (It was pretty much dead to me once the pop-up ads started, but people I care about still post locked only there, so for now I endure the scent of rotting flesh.)

I wish they'd at least post a warning to news, though. Even though I was on LJ when the pop-ups hit, I stupidly assumed it couldn't possibly have been by way of LJ, because I think of them as malware-trustworthy even if not in other ways. Apparently not any more.

Thank you for making that post! I wonder how many other people got hit & didn't make the connection. Maybe I'll at go least post a me-too in that comment thread. If I can manage to log in.