Malware Issue

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  marigoldsunjewel · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 1:12 pm

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  I recently have been receiving complaints from some readers that my blog contains malware that warns if they continue to my site, the malware will steal away their personal information…Could someone please help me try to resolve this matter?

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

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 1:20 pm

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  The usual cause of this is due to you having hotlinked an image from a questionable website. In this case it looks like toprankexpertsDOTcom (according to Google).

  Use the Omnisearch box in your site’s dashboard and delete all references to the above site.

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  marigoldsunjewel · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 1:30 pm

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  Thank you for the quick response.
  I used the Omnisearch and it came up with 0 results…Any other suggestions?

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  justjennifer · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 3:46 pm

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  As I said, that is what Google has indicated.

  I’ll tag this for Staff assistance.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Oct 17, 2014 at 7:52 pm

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  Hi @marigoldsunjewel,

  It looks like this is the result of an image link you have in your sidebar pointing readers to your Pinterest pins. The image you’re sourcing is from the Top Rank Experts link indicated on the malware warning.

  To fix this, navigate to your Widgets panel here:

  https://marigoldsunjewel.wordpress.com/wp-admin/widgets.php#available-widgets

  From that page, either remove the widget entirely or change out the image URL for another Pinterest icon.

  Let me know if you have any trouble!