How to get malicious software out of my WordPress?

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 23, 2014 at 8:37 pm

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  A company called serve.bannersdontwork.com has infected my entire WordPress platform, inserting links everywhere.

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

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 24, 2014 at 8:38 pm

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  A correction: both of my blogs are full of these links, as well as every other WordPress page, including my dashboard and this page. They select certain words, make them upper case in a different font, and add a little green arrow. They link to some educational corporation.

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 24, 2014 at 8:39 pm

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  The WordPress Web site, Contrainjerencia, is infected with the same malicious software.

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 24, 2014 at 8:40 pm

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  For an example of the malware, look at the word, software, in the previous post.

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 25, 2014 at 5:35 am

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  I found the problem. I had allowed an “extension” to be installed in my browser, Safari. I went to the Safari menu, clicked
  “preferences,” then “extensions,” and uninstalled the malicious extension.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Aug 26, 2014 at 3:22 pm

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  Hi there,

  I’m glad you found the source of the problem and let us know about it! I just want to confirm that the extension you installed in your browser did not affect your site itself — although you saw those links in your browser, there isn’t anything malicious on your site itself.

  Please let me know if I can do anything more to help.

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  dbarahona2 · Member · Aug 26, 2014 at 3:49 pm

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  Thank you!