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  janethudgins · Member · Aug 11, 2014 at 11:37 pm

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  Ads are attaching themselves to words or phrases in our blogs in WordPress. How do I stop this?

  I have a Mac, OS X 10.6.8.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Aug 12, 2014 at 2:11 am

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  I’m not seeing any of those on peaceologist.wordpress.com. I suspect that you have some spyware or adware in your browser.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 12, 2014 at 2:11 am

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  To off-set the costs of providing free hosting to millions of bloggers, WordPress.com has been running advertising on our free hosted blogs since 2006. If the ads you see are found at the end of blog posts then provided you see this small About These Ads link what you are seeing is WordPress.com generated advertising. http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/

  Ads are attaching themselves to words or phrases in our blogs in WordPress.

  Any other ads appearing to you like those are not placed by WordPress.com. You have an issue on your browser or computer. They are being placed there by software on your own computer, unfortunately. These ads are sometimes caused by malware or a virus, but more often it is due to a browser extension or toolbar that you may have installed in your browser.

  These sites have further explanation and suggestions for eliminating the ads:
  http://www.littletechiethings.com/2012/06/how-to-remove-ads-not-by-this-site.html
  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/14/ads-on-wikipedia-your-computer-infected-malware/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

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  timethief · Member · Aug 12, 2014 at 2:12 am

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  staff-ozmodiar
  Good evening. :)

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  janethudgins · Member · Aug 12, 2014 at 4:25 pm

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  You are right because it’s in Firefox only. But, if the Firewall is on and I’ve blocked everything in Security.
  I’ve had a problem with popup ads too but that seems to have stopped.
  How do you control these invaders?

  Appreciate your help

  Janet

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  timethief · Member · Aug 12, 2014 at 4:45 pm

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  These sites have further explanation and suggestions for eliminating the ads:
  http://www.littletechiethings.com/2012/06/how-to-remove-ads-not-by-this-site.html
  http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/05/14/ads-on-wikipedia-your-computer-infected-malware/
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Aug 12, 2014 at 4:47 pm

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  Sorry that you are having to deal with that junk, However, Timethief’s links should sort out the issue for you.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 12, 2014 at 4:49 pm

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  You have malware on your browser. Disable ALL browser add-ons and then re-add them one by one to see which one does this. Then remove it permanently.