Google Analytics - What is "Vitaly rules google ☆*:.｡...)ﾉʕ•̫͡•ʔᶘ ᵒᴥᵒᶅ(=^. .^=)oO"? [closed]

Question

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

Answer 1

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

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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

Answer 2

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