Trying to remove rogue Doubleclick ads

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  • December 19, 2016 at 9:37 pm #327307

    Craig Fryer
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    Our http://www.gojapango.com site was hacked a few weeks ago and some Doubleclick ads were installed onto the site. I thought all I would need to do is find the references to DoubleClick in the site and remove them. I then found the DoubleClick code is part of the core plugin.

    wp-content/plugins/geodirectory/geodirectory-admin/google-api-php-client/src/Google/Service/Doubleclicksearch.php

    wp-content/plugins/geodirectory/geodirectory-admin/google-api-php-client/src/Google/Service/DoubleClickBidManager.php

    What are the best options for removing these two large floating DoubleClick ads?

    Can I just remove the DoubleClick related files?

    Of course the rogue ads could be coming from some other hidden script.

    It appears the site was hacked via an old phpBB forum that was left in place, but not updated.

    December 19, 2016 at 10:33 pm #327355

    Kor
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    Hi Craig,

    Sorry to hear about the problem. Could you please try reinstalling the GD plugin via FTP as it should remove or replace any rogue scripts from the plugin folder. Let us know if it helps.

    Thanks

    December 20, 2016 at 4:03 am #327440

    Craig Fryer
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    Thanks for your suggestion. Unfortunately the rogue script must be somewhere else.

    December 20, 2016 at 4:42 am #327447

    Kor
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    Hi Craig,

    Sorry, we can’t really help much since it is unrelated to GD but I’d like you to check out some of these links below and see if it helps.

    http://www.wpexplorer.com/recover-hacked-wordpress-site/
    https://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked

    Thanks!

    December 20, 2016 at 4:18 pm #327778

    Paolo
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    FYI

    the files you found within our plugin are legit and not part of the hack.

    Documentation for them can be found here:

    https://developers.google.com/doubleclick-search/
    https://developers.google.com/bid-manager/

    Thanks

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