Netocoupon?

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  gezinsopvangdeuiltjes · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 8:29 pm

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  Hi all,

  My website turns some words on 1 page into unwanted hyperlinks. When I hover over them, a tooltip appears and displays “Click to continue > by Netocoupon”. When I click them, it returns to the same page (/#). See http://gezinsopvang-mama-uil.be/praktische-informatie/, word “ANDERE” in the first paragraph (3rd sentence). It only occurs on one page.
  I know that Netocoupon is known malware, but I viewed the page in different browsers on at least 5 different computers. I’m pretty sure it is not a local (client pc) problem (and the problem does not appear on other websites).

  Does someone have an idea? Can I contact someone form the WordPress team?

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 9:11 pm

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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/

  Any other ads appearing to you 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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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 9, 2015 at 9:26 pm

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  That’s not actually applicable here.

  Those links are indeed ad links. It’s possible WP.com has changed their ad program and included them, but it’s also possible you pasted them in if you created the post elsewhere, like in word processing software, and pasted it in to your blog.

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  gezinsopvangdeuiltjes · Member · Mar 10, 2015 at 12:27 pm

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  Thanks raincoaster,
  They were actually pasted in upon creation of the page. Editing the page and converting them to plain text resolved the issue.