strange ads appearing everywhere

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  dragondoodles · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 3:55 am

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  Hi there,

  All of a sudden there are a bunch of advertisements in the WordPress software as well as on the actual posted blog. They are quite obnoxious and disturbing. Is this a new thing from WordPress? Also text is underlined and hyperlinked without my consent or control and leads to bizarre websites. I have never seen so many ads put into the site and software before. Is there a malefunction?

  I don’t know if this is a security problem.

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

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 4:18 am

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  Also text is underlined and hyperlinked without my consent or control and leads to bizarre websites.

  WordPress.com does not use ads of that nature or text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads or links in comments. If you are seeing those then that’s a browser-ad-on issue, or toolbar or in some cases, it’s embedded into free games downloaded from the internet.
  These sites have further explanation and suggestions for eliminating the ads:
  http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/09/14/bloggers-beware-of-adware/
  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/

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  auxclass · Member · Mar 3, 2013 at 5:32 am

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  It is a security problem with your browser – you have some sort of malware installed in you browser – disable all your add-ons for your browser then enable them one at a time until you fine the offending one then delete that add-on – repeat as required