I think a spam link is embedded on my blog?

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  joycemillman · Member · Dec 20, 2014 at 1:47 am

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  In my stats today, in the list of outgoing links clicked from my blog, I am seeing what I believe is a spam or virus link. My blog is joycemillman.wordpress.com. The link in question is this —

  http://53.campaignism.com/WhiteLabelBidRequestHandlerServlet?oid=53&width=1&height=100&pubid=92028&tagid=592338&pstn=ENTER_PLACEMENT_ID_HERE&noaop=1&revmod=INSERT_CONTENT_TYPE&encoded=1&cb=20486538461&cirf=http%3A%2F%2Fjoycemillman.wordpress.com%2F

  Can you please check it out and remove it from my blog? Also, I am concerned that anyone who has clicked on it (and myself) might have downloaded a virus from it.

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

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Dec 20, 2014 at 6:11 pm

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  Hi Joyce,

  Looking in your sites records the link was likely used as the “Author’s Website” in the spam comment you have currently in your comment trash.

  I’d recommend marking the comment as “Spam” to help our spam blocker prevent this link/comment in the future, rather than just leaving it in the trash. But that’s entirely up to you. :)

  The bot that created the comment likely also created the click — trying to get you to click it. This is a common trick in link spam.

  Best,

  Alex G.

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  joycemillman · Member · Dec 20, 2014 at 7:12 pm

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  Thanks. Marked as spam.