Site hacked with ad link

  • I recently found that there is a link for an ad directly under my logo at the top of the page. It does not show up in Firefox, but does in Chrome and IE. I tried using various Themes, and it shows up in just about all of them. I tried not using my own logo, but using just the Site Title and Tagline from the Appearance section, and it still shows up. I ran virus scans and malware scans with rootkit, and nothing is found. My host, Powweb, also ran a scan and found nothing, and nothing shows up in a site scan from Securi.net. I was not able to find anything obvious when I looked, but I am pretty new at this. How do I get rid of this and keep it from happening.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Remain calm and carefully follow this guide. When you’re done, you may want to implement some (if not all) of the recommended security measures.

    Hi,

    I think I have the same problem. I too recently found out there’s a link at the top of my main page (and on that page only). It’s not visible to the naked eye, but it’s there when I browse “view page source”.

    Thank you James for the links.

    Keiferrn01, if you don’t mind me asking, does the link on your site end with “-xl.com” by any chance?

    PS I too ran a SiteCheck from Sucuri, and it all came back green (except for the “Website Firewall” thing, that was yellow).

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You’re welcome!

    Thread Starter keiferrn01

    (@keiferrn01)

    Thanks – I will start working on the information in the guide. I’m a little overwhelmed by it, but will take it step by step.
    negue.c: The link just displays as the title and it changed after a couple days. The first one was “cialis” and the second one was “100 day loans in UK”

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Yeah, that’s definitely a hack. The guide will take you through fixing all of the common causes.

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