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October 26, 2012
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Posted on 10/26/2012, 5:05:41 AM by 2ndDivisionVet
I was gone most of the day running errands, then tonight when I post threads and comments, there are certain words highlighted which, when you rollover the cursor contain an advertisement. Has anyone else noticed this? When did this happen? Just curious...
TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: freerepublic; malware; spyware
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Check your browser plug-ins and extensions. You may have downloaded something that installed this utility thanks to some fine-print somewhere above a “Yes” button.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:07:27 AM
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is on your machine. It is some spyware thing.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:08:07 AM
by
DYngbld
(I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
To: mvpel
Why would it happen **just like that** as I haven’t been to a site I haven’t been to before?
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:13:33 AM
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:14:09 AM
by
Bobalu
(It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
To: DYngbld
I just ran Norton and now it doesn’t happen anymore...
As Emily Littela would say....
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:17:12 AM
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: DYngbld
Now it’s back. Any techie who can help?
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:22:56 AM
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Note what the ad says and Google it. Chances are someone has dealt with it before.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:25:38 AM
by
South40
("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I find that the
Spybot Search & Destroy software is pretty effective, or
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - both have free versions. Spybot has an "immunize" function that lays out a bunch of data to make thousands of types of malware think that they've already been installed, thus blocking them from your computer. That sounds like what you need given that it came back again.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:30:20 AM
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Assuming you’re running Firefox, hit the menu and look at the Add-ons (Control-Shift-A). Then look at the Plugins. If there’s something you DON’T recognize, that’s probably it.
Play it safe, go to your Control Panel, Programs, Add/Remove Programs, and remove the plugin. . . .
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:30:55 AM
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border. I **DARE** you to cross it. . . .)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wanna buy a Slap Chop?
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:31:55 AM
by
TigersEye
(dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
To: TigersEye
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:34:14 AM
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Download "Spybot" I have used it before on my windows machines.
http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html
It works well. Should find and fix it. No promises but that is what I would do first.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:35:24 AM
by
DYngbld
(I have read the back of the Book and we WIN!!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:37:45 AM
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Malwarebytes, Spybot and perhaps Kaspersky's TDSSKiller if Malwarebytes and Spybot don't get it.
All free, BTW.
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:39:35 AM
by
The Cajun
(Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:39:47 AM
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds like addware. Maybe FaceTheme?
Check add/remove programs for anything you don’t recognize.
also check for browser help objects
run HiJack-this
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:40:29 AM
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: DYngbld
Agreed, this isn’t happening on my computer.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Malwarebytes.org free 14 day trial to clean it up
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:46:02 AM
by
eyedigress
((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
To: The Cajun
I was sorely tempted to get one myself tonight. LOL
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posted on
10/26/2012, 5:55:31 AM
by
TigersEye
(dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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