Help: Website is being redirected to spam links on Google search

[chamchich]

Hello everyone, I hope to get some help. My website's domain is abc.com. When I search on Google using 'site: abc.com', I only see links to gambling sites. Clicking on these links takes me to pages with gambling, lottery, and other similar content. However, if I copy the link and paste it into the browser, it shows a 404 error.

Could you please help me understand the cause of this issue and how to fix it?
Thank so much!

 

[DerangedWolf]

Looks like your site is hacked

 

[BlogPro]

You've been hacked.

Is this a WordPress site? Were you using nulled plugins? Did you keep it updated?

 

[Nikolaos]

Hello everyone, I hope to get some help. My website's domain is abc.com. When I search on Google using 'site: abc.com', I only see links to gambling sites. Clicking on these links takes me to pages with gambling, lottery, and other similar content. However, if I copy the link and paste it into the browser, it shows a 404 error.

Could you please help me understand the cause of this issue and how to fix it?
Thank so much!

I believe that you've been hacked. You need to check for security breaches on your website and close them.

 

[sadier land]

Try checking your website to see if the domain name is expired

Hello everyone, I hope to get some help. My website's domain is abc.com. When I search on Google using 'site: abc.com', I only see links to gambling sites. Clicking on these links takes me to pages with gambling, lottery, and other similar content. However, if I copy the link and paste it into the browser, it shows a 404 error.

Could you please help me understand the cause of this issue and how to fix it?
Thank so much!

 

[moonshine7000]

Your site is bring used as parasite by being hacked

 

[DesbonnetsZek]

It seems to have been hacked. It is recommended to change the website address as soon as possible.

 

[chamchich]

Thanks for your reply. I've checked the database, sitemap, and source code, and found that no domains have been injected. I've also reinstalled the server, but the issue hasn't been resolved. From my research, this might be an index spam technique. I would appreciate any assistance

 

[hideath]

Thanks for your reply. I've checked the database, sitemap, and source code, and found that no domains have been injected. I've also reinstalled the server, but the issue hasn't been resolved. From my research, this might be an index spam technique. I would appreciate any assistance

If you're referring to genuine pages of your website, then you're hacked,
Or they're exploiting some of your pages redirects and force-indexing them,

In either case, you might want to get this solved ASAP,
The domain will eventually get penalized, and tank and it will take months at least to recover, if ever

 

[Binte Rizvi]

thank you all for sharing valuable information,
May the owner get back his/her full control over the site..

 

[Sister Spam]

You got cloak'ed.

 

[Alf85]

Install Malcare in your WordPress site.

 

[Untouche]

i had similar problem about a year ago. Check plugins one by one, if another user logged in, and try malcare. Sure you already see a huge drop of traffic, and gsc notifications.

 

[chamchich]

Install Malcare in your WordPress site.

I installed Windows Server 2019, which is licensed and regularly updated. On this server, I have installed both DotNetNuke and WordPress (apache, mysql, phpmyadmin installed mannually). Not only WordPress but also the DotNetNuke CMS is experiencing a similar issue. Here's the description:

When searching on Google with the query site:abc.com (where abc.com is my domain), many links related to sports betting appear (e.g., abc.com/xyz). Clicking directly on these links redirects to a betting page, but copying and pasting abc.com/xyz into the browser shows a 404 error, indicating that these pages do not exist on my website.

As a temporary solution, I have disabled the search functionality on Google Search. This is currently the only mandatory solution.