Unwanted hyperlinks to ads on my last post and your site too

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  newdesert · Member · Nov 10, 2014 at 12:13 am

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  There are some words in my last post that have been hyperlinked and linked to (unwanted, obviously) ads. It evens happens on your Support page. is this a site wide spam machine at work?

  Please let me know. I copied the post and the links in a Word file if you need to see it.

  Thanks,

  Gilles

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

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm

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  Hi Gilles,

  While we do occasionally run ads in order to keep free services free, ads of the nature you describe are not permitted in our advertiser’s network.

  I did not see that ads that you were describing when visiting your site:

  nurturingthegiftofseeking.org.

  Please note that it’s possible for ads to appear in your browser that were not placed there by WordPress.com. These ads/linking are sometimes caused by malware or a virus, but more often it is due to a browser extension or toolbar that you may have installed in your browser.

  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/

  I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions.

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  newdesert · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 4:13 pm

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  Thank you very much, Grace,

  I was able to fix the problem, and as you said, it was due to a malware that got installed I don’t know how!

  Have a nice day,

  Gilles

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 11, 2014 at 6:57 pm

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  You’re very welcome. Glad it all got worked out!

  Cheers!