Security breach w/ ads on new post

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  upcafe · Member · Nov 5, 2011 at 3:12 pm

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  Good day,
  I have a security problem started yesterday with my posts on http://upcafe.wordpress.com . On my new post http://upcafe.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/gf-rated-butt-rub/ there is a ghost plugin running google ads at the bottom. The ad only shows up when I’m logged out and are not part of the html. Is this something new from wordpress.com ? If so when did you inform users about this? If not, how are these ads getting in my post and what can I do to fix this?
  Thanks for your attention.
  Mona- upcafe.wordpress.com

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

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  timethief · Member · Nov 5, 2011 at 3:29 pm

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  WordPress.com has been running advertising on our free hosted blogs since 2006. Many bloggers do not know this because despite the fact they ticked the box required to get a free blog, they did not read the ToS. Many also do not read features page, or advertising entry in the support documents after registering their username and blog(s). Also note that as the ads do not display to us when we are logged in, and as many use browsers with ad blockers when logged out, they may not realize they are there at all. The only way to get rid of all advertising on our free hosted WordPress.com blogs is to purchase an annually renewable No-Ads upgrade.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 5, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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  In short: there is no security breach.

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  upcafe · Member · Nov 7, 2011 at 10:18 pm

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  Thanks, for the replys.
  Its very odd I’ve never seen any ad on my blog until this post.

  Thanks again for the info

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  timethief · Member · Nov 7, 2011 at 11:10 pm

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  We don’t see them when we are logged in. We don’t see them when we are running Adblockers on our browsers. I disabled my Firefox adblocker and spent 3 1/2 weeks witnessing the ads.