Spam advert in blog.

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 7:21 pm

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  i went to this site and there is what i would call a spam advert, and you are a winner claim your prize, i am getting a bad warning about it.

  http://laavventura.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/the-reader-appreciation-award/

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

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 8:35 pm

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  This thread has been tagged for staff attention and hopefully they will respond and get this straightened out for you shortly.

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 8:49 pm

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  Thank you i don’t mind the advets but this one is wrong for wordpress.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 8:51 pm

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  This is what Staff have requested:
  If you feel an ad is inappropriate please take a screenshot of it and send it to Staff by emailing support@wordpress.com or upload it into your Media Library and contact Staff and let them know it’s there for them to view.

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 8:54 pm

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  Ok TT will do.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 27, 2011 at 8:58 pm

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  Thanks.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 7:01 am

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  I have spam on my blog? what? I have no idea. How? I’m sorry, but I don’t know how that happened.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 7:04 am

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  I don’t see anything about claiming a prize. What’s going on here?

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 7:10 am

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  You don’t see any ads because you’re signed in. Sign out, clear browser cache and cookies and look again. It’s possible the ad is gone now because it was reported.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 7:28 am

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  Thank you. I hope this happens to other blogs and not just mine.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 7:32 am

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  To support the service (and keep free features free), we sometimes run advertisements, and the agreement for this has been in our terms of service since 2006.

  We try hard to only run them in limited places. If you would like to completely eliminate ads from appearing on your blog, we offer the No-Ads Upgrade: http://en.support.wordpress.com/no-ads/

  As timethief mentioned above, if you see an ad with mature subject matter, please send a screenshot to support@wordpress.com so we can report it to our ad provider.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 8:36 am

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  Thank you all for helping me understand this. I’m aware that WordPress ran ads to keep free features free.

  Just curious … did I have spam on my blog because I didn’t or don’t clear my browser cache often?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 8:50 am

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  I’m not sure what you mean. Where did you see spam on your blog? If you’re referring to this thread, the OP was just referring to one of our ads which was rather spammy in nature. We’ll have it removed ASAP.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:06 am

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  staff-blorbo I haven’t seen the spam. The OP did. I was just curious if this spammy ad was in due to the fact that I rarely clean out my browser cache.

  Im still learning the ropes here, and I don’t want to do anything wrong. Still trying to understand spam and spammers and what not.

  Thank you.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:08 am

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  No, it has nothing to do with your cache.

  As mentioned above, we sometimes run ads to cover the bills. In this case, the OP noticed that one of our ads was rather spammy and reported it so that we could take action.

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  laavventura · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:14 am

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  Ok, thank you very much for taking the time to explain this to me! I appreciate it!

  Have a great day! BTW … Love the job title Happiness Engineer. Brilliant, just brilliant.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 9:14 am

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  You’re welcome!

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 3:12 pm

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  Jennifer, its still there but it is safe it will not cause a virus or anything and its not a spammer, if you click it, it will put something small into your pc which will cause pop-ups and maybe slow your PC, they are just a bloody nuisance.
  I have a screen shot i’m going to send to support.
  Don’t worry about it, i don’t think wordpress knew about it thats why i put the thread up.

  http://safeweb.norton.com/report/show?name=mediajmp.com

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  dribblingpensioner · Member · Nov 28, 2011 at 3:18 pm

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  @ macmanx, i’m going to upload it to my media library ( try ) so you will find it there, its title is capture.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 28, 2011 at 6:52 pm

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  I don’t see it in your media library yet, but you’re also welcome to attach it in an email to support@wordpress.com so you don’t have to waste your space with it.