Posted on 06/24/2014 9:28:24 AM PDT by ealgeone
Is anyone else seeing certain words become hyperlinked to ads when they post??
Beat me to it! Lol.
This isn't the only carrier of adware out there, but it is one of the most pervasive and difficult to remove.
Since adware is not typically a virus, most virus removal software is ineffective. But some of the more reputable software packages (Norton, for one) will put you in touch with a geek who can help you remove it.
You can try removing it yourself by going to "all programs" on the start menu bar and uninstalling anything which you don't recognize.
You have something nasty on your computer. I had that happen and it was the tool bar that can come with adobe acrobat even though i declined the tool bar. It was third party software and i had to go into the registry to rid of it.
thanks all for the help!
Nationale Security Adware?
You are compromised by the NSA. I shouldn’t even be talking to you.
On Google Chrome there is a tab that looks like 3 bars on top of each other in the upper right hand corner near the address bar. When you click that, the page comes down, click tools, click extensions, disable what you see. It will say BOO, you have no extensions when you clear it.
My husband found this a few weeks ago when my computer started underlining ads and running super slow.
Somebody found a sneaky way inside. I don’t view porn or blogs.
Check regularly to keep things running well.
Go download malware bytes. It’ll fix you up.
> Your computer has been infected with adware.
Bingo.
If I had the time I would alert the PR department of every company that got advertised and tell them that farming their advertising out to folks who insinuate this stuff onto people’s computers has no class at all.
Your computer probably has some kind of adware infestation — try something like Malwarebytes to clean it out.
I noticed some sluggishness when typing into the comment box earlier. I thought it was my computer and was considering a reboot. Now, however, it seems to be working fine.
It could be something picked up by clicking on some resource links. I have always had trouble with many of the external blogs. They seem notorious at causing my browsers (I use several different browsers) to crash.
I see plenty of bad “ad buys” on the internet, but the vendors rarely see the actual placement, they see reports of click through “viewership” and other manufactured reports to make it sound good.
I’d think this is why vendors should be alerted. They might a clue that their ad firms are dirty.
might => might get
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Virus check probably won’t get it. Go to “Control Panel” “Programs Uninstall.” Then delete anything you don’t recognize or that has a date around the time you started getting the problem.
If you have Norton it will periodically tell you that it’s blocking an attack. Note the name of the software it says is attacking. Then Google that and “how to remove.”
Meanwhile, click here to buy “TIRES.”
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