Unwanted ads on wordpress site which is not hosted on WordPress.com

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  leenfarisa1a006112d · Member · Nov 14, 2024 at 8:29 am

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  I have wordpress site which suddenly started to show unwanted ads and consent pop up for usesrs. I don’t use any ads plugins and I found in the page source this script : <script src=”https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/managed/js/adsense/…..

  I searched on sites files but can’t find anything. Any one have any idea for this?

  

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  staartmees · Member · Nov 14, 2024 at 9:42 am

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  We can’t help as your site isn’t running on the wordpress.com platform but is self-hosted. You must head over to the documentation or forum at wordpress.org

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  ngfangkiang · Member · Nov 14, 2024 at 2:57 pm

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  Hi, this is because you have Google AdSense installed on your website.

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  leenfarisa1a006112d · Member · Nov 14, 2024 at 3:29 pm

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  Sorry but I didn’t install Adsense and I think that there is someone or something which exploit a security bug to show ads and gain money from the site. But I don’t have any idea what is the security bug and where is located and how to solve this.

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  ngfangkiang · Member · Nov 14, 2024 at 4:19 pm

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  Hi @leenfarisa1a006112d, it is very likely! Did you give anyone access to your site or share your password somewhere?

  In the meantime, you can perform security scans using the WordFence plugin. Installing a plugin like Jetpack Protect can help protect your website from future security attacks.

  Since your site is not hosted on WordPress.com, I recommend you seek help in the WordPress.org forums next time.