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Strange 404 Pages Appearing in Google Analytics

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SolveWebMedia Subscriber last edited by

Hi,

My client has some strange urls appearing in GA which lead to error pages. Please see the following image:

https://imgur.com/a/6TPO8yL

e.g URLs like /h/6445738.html

I've used screaming frog to see if these pages exist on the website and I can't find them, anywhere. Therefore how are they coming up in GA?

If anyone could please help I'd really appreciate it.
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JohnSammon last edited by

Happy to jump in and help. There was another thread that recently addressed this issue and I'll dig for it. For now, can you confirm that the site hasn't been hit with a malware attack? Based on your post, I'm assuming no but I wanted to ask.

Thanks!

John
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