unwanted drop down coupon ads appearing

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  carolsherritt · Member · Jun 30, 2013 at 9:19 pm

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  Yesterday a banner appeared above my blog with a drop down coupon ad on it and some of the words are now highlighted with links to other sites eg competitions. How do I get rid of this?

  Thanks.

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  supernu · Member · Jun 30, 2013 at 9:31 pm

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  sounds like your computer is infected with malware.

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  supernu · Member · Jun 30, 2013 at 9:36 pm

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  There are no adds/banners on your blog – checked it twice.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 30, 2013 at 9:45 pm

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  @carolsherritt
  WordPress.com has placed advertising on our blogs since 2006. All WordPress.com placed ads are easy to identify as this link accompanies them http://en.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/

  Any other ads you see are not placed on the blog by WordPress.com. They are coming from a browser extension or toolbar. 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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  carolsherritt · Member · Jul 1, 2013 at 7:06 am

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  Thank you both so much: this is why I’m so happy with WP. Your responses were so helpful. It took some time, but I fixed the problem after following the links you gave me. I’ll know what to do next time.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 1, 2013 at 11:05 pm

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  You’re welcome. Yes it does take some time. In some cases the old disable browser add-ons and then one by one add them again to find the culprit does not work in all cases. That’s why I published a post with specifc instructions for getting rid of the worst of the embedded offenders Text Enhance and Voice 5 that the simple solution does not work on. You can try to delete the program as they do offer a way to stop the Ads by using a check box, but the next time you clear your cookies, they send a new cookie and the text-enhance is back on your computer.

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  carolsherritt · Member · Jul 2, 2013 at 5:11 am

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  It seems to have been successful this time, but I will remember to check your posts if it happens again.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 4, 2013 at 1:25 am

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  Hi Carol,
  I’m so happy to read you were able to get rid of them. Best wishes. :)