WordPress taking clients to adult sites!
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I sent a link to one of my WordPress blog posts to a client. When she clicked on the link, it started to open my site and then rerouted to a bogus Amazon or Walmart gift card ‘winner’ site. When she tried to close out of it, it rerouted to adult sites! It only happened on her phone, not on her computer. I had another friend try it and it did the same thing for her. I’m not sure what to do about this. How can I report it to WordPress and how can I stop it from ever happening again?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there,
Can you please let me know if you’re referring to inlovelylight.wordpress.com or some other site?
I already tested inlovelylight.wordpress.com and didn’t found anything suspicious.
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That is the correct site, but it seems to only happen (as far as I know) when people click on this link – https://inlovelylight.wordpress.com/2018/03/27/winter-newborn-sessions/ – which takes them to one of my blog posts and it only happens when they access it through their phones.
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I know at least one of the people that tested it for me was on an iPhone. I had 2 people test it and it happened for both of them on their phones. I’m not sure if the second one was on an iPhone or not.
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@ inlovelylight if this is happening for you, can you send these details?
– The device/browser and operating system
– The IP address (you can find it here: https://whatismyip.com )
x The exact URL of the page/post that showed the ad
– What was being advertised
– The URL that the ad takes you to
– If possible, a screenshot of the ad that hijacked the browserFor what it’s worth, I tested here and could not duplicate the issue.
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Both people that had this happen were using iPhones. I don’t have an iPhone so I can’t duplicate the issue here. At least one of them was using Safari, she believes, as her browser. The first reroute was from my site to an Amazon “winner” gift card site and then it rerouted them to adult sites.
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In that case please ask those people to send us this info directly via the form at https://en.support.wordpress.com/about-these-ads/
We need to track down exactly which advertiser is doing this so we can report them to the ad network we use, and as no two people visiting a site will ever see exactly the same ads, the only way we can do that is if the people who do see the particular ads provide us with that information.
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@inlovelylight noting too, if there’s anywhere on the ad that folks can click “report this ad” that would be most helpful, although it sounds like they may not be offered that option. Let us know.
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I started a thread on this topic and someone sent me here. I’ve had people reporting similar issues. Walmart and Amazon popup ads and an inability to get to my post. On one, linking to a porn site.
Here’s the link. It’s on a Facebook page Parenting Gifted Children. https://rainforestmind.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/too-sensitive-too-dramatic-too-intense-what-is-emotional-intelligence/?fbclid=IwAR3oj5A8o7-56OxxK2W93hhuWfQm-YFR3p6hjnp4SXkQKh8NmAVrLiCXhxg
One of the people may send a screenshot which I’ll add here if it arrives. Thank you for your help.
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Here’s a screen shot of what came up. Looks pretty creepy. /Users/paulaprober/Desktop/image1.png
Let me know if you get this.
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Looks like the link doesn’t work. How can I get the screen shot to you? It says the person has viruses on their iPhone…etc. Is there an email address that I can send this to?
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