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AndyW

posted on 12/7/12 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
adverts appearing in posts?

Is it just me or suddenly when I look through posts, there is at least one word in each post which is orange and some kind of link to an advert??

When you move your cursor over it a kind of pop up box appears.

I really dont like this.....

here is an example.....

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HowardB

posted on 12/7/12 at 08:26 PM Reply With Quote
not on mine, have you accidentally loaded an extension or toolbar into your browser,...

which browser do you run?





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loggyboy

posted on 12/7/12 at 08:28 PM Reply With Quote
The only ads I get are at the top and bottom of the pages.

Looks like you might have some malware, do you have good antivirus/antimalware software.





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lsdweb

posted on 12/7/12 at 08:33 PM Reply With Quote
It's an annoying add-on that suddenly appeared in Chrome with me - I had to go into settings to remove it - sorry I can't remember the name!






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AndyW

posted on 12/7/12 at 09:44 PM Reply With Quote
Im using ie with norton360 anti virus. will run a system check to see what I find.
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HowardB

posted on 12/7/12 at 10:09 PM Reply With Quote
check the addons and extensions in your browser settings, it may well have been part of an update/legit addon and so wont be found by your anti-virus,...

hth





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Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again and goes zoom)

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ChrisW

posted on 12/7/12 at 10:44 PM Reply With Quote
That's not being done by this site! Most likely you have some kind of spyware on your machine.

Chris





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iank

posted on 13/7/12 at 05:33 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by lsdweb
It's an annoying add-on that suddenly appeared in Chrome with me - I had to go into settings to remove it - sorry I can't remember the name!


Interesting, I run the development version of chrome and haven't seen anything like that. Might be worth a virus/malware scan to see if there's anything else been installed.





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AndyW

posted on 13/7/12 at 06:46 AM Reply With Quote
just run a full system scan and nothing found. Only happens in IE and not in chrome. Changed settings as HowardB suggestion and all seems to be fixed.

Thanks guys

Andy

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splitrivet

posted on 13/7/12 at 07:59 AM Reply With Quote
I had it a couple of months back with firefox, went into programs and deleted a few I didnt recognise then reset browser settings and cleared cache which cleared it.
Cheers,
Bob





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