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I was checking my Google Analytics Realtime Overview and I found the following.
Is it harmful to my site? Should I take any precautions?

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Yves M.
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    This question belongs on another stack exchange network webmasters.stackexchange.com – Linda Lawton - DaImTo Apr 29 '15 at 12:07
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    possible duplicate of [why are porn stuff sites appearing on my google analytics data?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29717151/why-are-porn-stuff-sites-appearing-on-my-google-analytics-data) – Philippe Sawicki Apr 29 '15 at 14:37
  • even i started getting all these on my site now. from 'Vitaly rules google' to 'blackhatworld.com' to 'reditt.com'. Strange. and why now? – Srihari Karanth Dec 13 '16 at 16:18
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about programming as described in the [help center](http://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic). It's probably on-topic on Webmasters SE. – Glorfindel Dec 13 '16 at 18:13

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UPDATE December 13th 2016: The person behind this is back again, this time sending spam as a language with a similar message:

Vitaly rules google ☆*:｡゜ﾟ･ヽ(^ᴗ^)ﾉ･゜ﾟ｡:*☆ ¯_(ツ)_/¯(ಠ益ಠ)(ಥ‿ಥ)(ʘ‿ʘ)ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ヽ(ﾟДﾟ)ﾉʕ•̫͡•ʔᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ(=^ ^=)oO

The method in the original answer was only for keyword spam. For a more comprehensive solution, the following guide will help prevent this and any other type of spam in Google Analytics.

Ultimate Guide to Getting Rid of the Spam and Other Junk Traffic in Google Analytics

This is Spam. Vitaly is the name behind some of the last Referrer Spam hitting Google Analytics. But this time is using a different method with keywords.

This type of spam never accesses your site so you don't have to worry about security on your site. The only thing you should do is stop it with filters in GA to keep clean your stats.

  • Go to Admin tab in Google Analytics

  • Select the View you want to filter > Filter > New Filter

  • In Filter Type choose Custom Filter > Exclude Filter

  • Field: Campaign Term

  • Filter Pattern: Enter Vitaly rules google

And here you can find information about this specific issue

https://www.ohow.co/secret-%C9%A2oogle-com-trump-spam-google-analytics/

Related answers https://stackoverflow.com/a/28354319/3197362

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  • It seems like a bunch of different spam text is coming through from the same service provider. I ended up just excluding the service provider. The filter is called "ISP Organization". – Donny V. Dec 29 '16 at 15:09
  • Unfortunately, that will only apply to this particular spammer, but others will still get through. The hostname filter is the best option about this type of spam – Carlos Escalera Alonso Jan 31 '17 at 22:27
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If you need to how how to get rid of this garbage, it is as simple as creating a filter in Google Analytics. Many people have mentioned editing the htaccess file, but I haven't found a way to do it like that yet.

Just create a custom exclusion filter. If you need the exact specifics, check out this post on how to remove vitaly rules google

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