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2tyerd
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Search console shows s7.addthis and various other ones like this on every page.
I’ve never even installed the addthis plugin.
Sounds like a browser toolbar virus. Scan your local machine first – link goes to Google. “how to remove” s7.addthis virus from your computer
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2tyerd
(@2tyerd)
Deleted a plugin called Social Media Icons and Shares. Fixed the issue straight away.
Strange it had nothing to do with a virus being on my computer even though all link on google say it is.
This plugin has 60k installs yuou should notify the dev team it was only updated 2 weeks ago but i think they would appreciate it
That is strange considering the number of references to s7.addthis being relative to a virus. Glad it was only plugin related.. Keep an eye on things for a while, just to be sure.
I do get a hit on https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-558ac14e7f79bff7" when I grep this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/
If that’s the one you’re using, you might post a question for the developer directly to the plugin forum, just to allay any concerns about the requests you’re seeing. Especially if you like the plugin and want to continue using it.
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2tyerd
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Yeah thats the one.
Ive mentioned it in their support forum. Looks like I’m the only one to have had problems so far with it.
I’ve been experiencing a drop in traffic lately hopefully this was the culprit.
From what I’ve read, it creates a lot of spam. I use adblock plus so I never saw it during my testing so I never could figure out why there was a drop in traffic.
I think my viewers that weren’t using adblock plus were experiencing lots of spam! and thus increase in bounce rate!
Not good for my site reputation at all.
