Title: Adware
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adware

 *  [urniez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/urniez/)
 * (@urniez)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adware/)
 * Anybody know how the adware(adf.ly) can hack into my wordpress site? it happens
   to some buttons and computers once a while, even in the admin page, it happend
   once when I was publishing content… How can I prevent this? I already installed
   WP security plugin, anything else I left out?
 * Cheers

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adware/#post-3869462)
 * You need to start working your way through these resources:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779)
   [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/)
   [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/)
 * Anything less will probably result in the hacker walking straight back into your
   site again.
 * Additional Resources:
    [Hardening WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress)
   [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/) 
   [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/) [http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adware/#post-3869462)
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