WordPress.com Forums » Tag: browser add-on issue issue - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/browser-add-on-issue-issue WordPress.com Forums » Tag: browser add-on issue issue - Recent Posts en Wed, 22 May 2013 18:29:43 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 skipper810 on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000757 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:46:21 +0000 skipper810 1000757@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have no idea how it got on my computer. I use Eset Security and am quite pleased with it. It catches most of the bad stuff before it becomes a problem.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000752 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:44:18 +0000 notawoodpecker 1000752@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ From what I've heard, gaming sites are almost as bad for this kind of thing as gambling/poker sites. Very low ethics.

]]> skipper810 on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000743 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:39:58 +0000 skipper810 1000743@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you. I did as you said and when into my Chrome tools settings, and removed or disabled unwanted extentions and add ons (there were some from some gaming site, I didn't know about). I also cleared my cache and history.

I think, I hope, that all is fixed now. In anycase so far I don't see the ads anymore.

I'll let you know if they pop up again.

Thank you for all your help.

Skip

]]> timethief on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000712 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:22:31 +0000 timethief 1000712@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @notawoodpecker
Good idea.

]]> notawoodpecker on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000707 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:21:37 +0000 notawoodpecker 1000707@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Also could be some kind of Malware or Adware. Suggest you run a scan with something like Microsoft Security Essentials or Malwarebytes both of which are free.

]]> timethief on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000675 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:02:29 +0000 timethief 1000675@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here are some of the known sources of such ads caused by browser add-ons and/or extensions:
AARP games and programs
text enhance
Shopping Sidekick
Wajam

]]> timethief on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000669 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:56:29 +0000 timethief 1000669@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

Also is there a way I can contact WordPress and actually talk to a person?

I am a human being and if you want help on this peer support forum I suggest that you read what I have to say as I have been here for many years longer than most Staff have been here. Also note that we Volunteers and Staff work cooperatively together. Volunteers answer the majority of all questions posted here. The minority that we cannot assist with are flagged for Staff attention.

The ads appear as words in the text of my blog that are highlighted with a link to an advertisement.

You are wrong. They are coming from a browser add-on or extension. WordPress.com does not use text enhance or text link ads or pop-up ads. So far everyone who has reported this has had a browser-add-on or browser extension that causes it. In some cases it was enbedded into free games they downloaded from the internet. Please do as I described above.

]]> skipper810 on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000664 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:47:58 +0000 skipper810 1000664@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I purchased the No Ad upgrade today for $30.

The ads appear as words in the text of my blog that are highlighted with a link to an advertisement.

There also is an occasional ad that pops up in the lower right corner of my screen.

I'm sure these ads are all from WordPress.

Is there a time lag between when you purchase upgrade and when ads are removed?

Also is there a way I can contact WordPress and actually talk to a person?

]]> timethief on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000648 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:33:15 +0000 timethief 1000648@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello there,
When did you purchase the No-Ads upgrade please?
Is there any chance that what you are seeing is ads created by a browser add-on or extension? I'm asking because that's what others found. Please try logging out, clearing your browser cache and cookies, disabling all browser add-ons and extensions, clearing your browser cache and cookies, and then rebooting and logging in again. View your blog and tell us if you still see advertising or not.

]]> skipper810 on "Ads on my blog..." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/ads-on-my-blog-13#post-1000643 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:28:38 +0000 skipper810 1000643@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Paid $30 to remove ads from my blog, but the ads are still there. What gives??? When do they go away?
Blog url: http://skipper810.wordpress.com/

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