Hacking my blog – now it is all back to normality

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  lorenzoborghi · Member · Mar 18, 2013 at 1:29 pm

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  Dear WordPress, I do not know what was a couple of minutes ago but now when I click to my stats I get what I expect. A couple of minutes ago “my stats” was linked to a another blog with advertisements for buying stuff online.

  Thanks for solving the problem. On my side, I could just change the password.

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

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 18, 2013 at 6:45 pm

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  Thanks for the report. We experienced a temporary technical problem that resulted in some folks seeing the wrong site.

  We’re sorry for any confusion and for the inconvenience.

  If you still have any trouble after clearing your browser cache, please let us know!

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  retireenews · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 8:32 am

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  in the last 24 hours, my blog was hacked. there are hyperlinks that have appeared which take you to advertising sites. I do have hyper links in some of my posts, but these are not done my me. I tried the clear your browser cache process mentioned above with not success.

  The blog I need help with is retireenews.wordpress.com

  BTW: there are hyper links that appearing when I work on new posts and pages.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 8:39 am

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  Your blog has not been hacked. You have enabled a browser extension or add-on that is placing those ads. Other people don’t see them, because their browsers aren’t infected.

  Disable ALL your browser extensions, then clear your browser cache and cookies, then re-enable them one by one and see which one causes those links to appear. Then delete it for good.

  It’s a common problem, we’re seeing a lot of it this year.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 25, 2013 at 8:44 am

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  Here are a couple of useful links:

  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/

  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/10/02/malware-targets-macs-and-windows-pcs/

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  retireenews · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 8:46 am

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  Not too computer smart – not a techie, barely a user

  Where exactly do I go to delete these browser extensions.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 25, 2013 at 10:24 am

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  Read the links. And then google how to disable extensions on your particular browser, like:

  disable Chrome extensions

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 25, 2013 at 1:58 pm

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  retireenews – if you still need help disabling your browser extensions, please let me know what browser and version you’re using. For example, Internet Explorer 9, or Firefox 19. If you’re not sure, please go here:

  http://supportdetails.com/

  …and copy what it says under Web Browser.