# Malware? Doing Google search and getting "Ads by Must Enter Here"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-doing-google-search-and-getting-ads-by-must-enter-here/759470>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-doing-google-search-and-getting-ads-by-must-enter-here/759470 "2016-07-09T14:03:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-doing-google-search-and-getting-ads-by-must-enter-here/759470/1 "2016-07-09T14:03:48Z")

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All of a sudden my Google searches on Chrome are being led of by a long series of ads labeled “Ads by MUST ENTER HERE.” there is an “X” to hide the ads, but I have never heard of this … shouldn’t ads on Google be from Google Ads? Is this some kind of malware? Can I stop it from happening?

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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malware-doing-google-search-and-getting-ads-by-must-enter-here/759470/2 "2016-07-09T14:24:21Z")

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