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How to remove spam link

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Enrique Pasos
11 years ago · Last reply by Silvan Wick 11 years ago

Hello, It looks like someone inserted a spam link (not sure if that’s the right name for it) to my header on a site that I’m building. It appears in the upper right corner right next to where the Header Text appears.

This is the inserted HTML:

<a href="http://anniemortensencom.bluedomino.com/500-loan-online-today/">500 loan online today</a>

I’ve tried to figure out where this got inserted, but can’t. It isn’t in the Header Text box. I looked through the css, php, etc pages that are accessible via the editor and couldn’t find it there either. Any help is appreciated.

EP

URL: http://www.pasosinc.com

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  1. Adam Mesa 11 years, 2 months ago

    Have you checked your widgets? There’s a header widget area, maybe it was put in with the text/HTML widget, which sounds more likely.

  2. Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi Enrique

    Sorry to hear about the hassle.

    Head to Appearance > Widgets and delete the Circle Icon widget you have there. That should resolve the problem. You’ll then need to take a look at how this happened. Running a security plugin like Better WP Security or WordFence is an idea. I don’t have any security experience so I’m not quite sure how that text was inserted/injected there.

    Thanks for jumping in here Adam.

  3. Enrique Pasos 11 years, 2 months ago

    Hi, That circle icon widget is something I added yesterday while testing something unrelated. I took it off just now. You’ll see the link is still there. And whats funny is that I only see the link on my mobile phone when looking at it through there.

  4. Andrew Misplon Staff 11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks, so now please check Appearance > Theme Settings > Logo > Header Text

  5. Enrique Pasos 11 years, 2 months ago

    Hello, There’s nothing in the Header Text area but the words “Meeting all your needs”, yet the link still shows up there and I only see it on the mobile version of the site. Where could that be inserted?

  6. Greg Priday Staff 11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Enrique

    Sometimes plugins from untrusted sources can modify files, adding spam links. The first step would be to disable any plugins that you either didn’t buy from a trusted source or download from WordPress.org.

    Next, you’ll need to delete Vantage and reinstall it from a fresh zip file. This will eliminate any changes a plugin might have made. You can download a zip file from the original Vantage Premium order email.

    Please let us know if that fixes the issue.

  7. Enrique Pasos 11 years, 1 month ago

    Really? I didn’t know that about plugins! Ok. I’ll check that and reinstall Vantage.

  8. Enrique Pasos 11 years, 1 month ago

    That worked. Thanks!

  9. Silvan Wick 11 years, 1 month ago

    Hello Greg,

    I reinstalled the theme as you suggested and it appears to work again now…

    thank you, Silvan

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