Ads in my written content

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  theunfamiliarpath · Member · Nov 15, 2012 at 7:42 pm

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  I noticed over the past few days that ads have been added into my blog posts. They appear within my text content as links that can be clicked on. I have never seen this before and it is upsetting to have some of my writing turned into ad links without my permission. How can I stop these ads showing up for my readers? I don’t mind ads at the bottom or side of my blog… but having them forced into my written content is upsetting.

  Thanks,
  Shannon

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  timethief · Member · Nov 15, 2012 at 8:11 pm

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  That’s a malware issue. WordPress.com does not use text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads or links in comments. If you are seeing those then that’s a browser-ad-on issue, or in some cases, it’s embedded into free games and/or toolbars downloaded from the internet. See here: Bloggers: Beware of Adware. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

  If what you are seeing whenever you save or update a post or page is an automatically added code/script block at the end of posts and pages that you can’t delete then see here: Malware Targets Macs and Windows PCs http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/02/malware-targets-macs-and-windows-pcs/