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| Thread ID: 137613 | 2014-07-29 05:11:00 | Advertising bug... | Guillaume (16361) | Press F1 |
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| 1380311 | 2014-07-29 05:11:00 | Recently I have noticed that whenever I open a web page random words in the text have become hyper links and when clicked they either open a small square advertisement or another window – also invariably an advertisement. I suspect that I have inadvertently picked up a bug that activates this annoying addition. If this is so, I have been unable to spot any suspicious entries in "all programs" or "uninstall" in the control panel. I wonder if anyone has any ideas on this and possibly hard to get rid of it. Thank you. When I submitted this post I found the bug at work! |
Guillaume (16361) | ||
| 1380312 | 2014-07-29 05:46:00 | Have you tried scanning for malware?, if not give MBAM a whirl and see if it finds anything www.malwarebytes.org Also there are several good add blocking add-ons depending what browser you use. I use firefox and adblock plus myself. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1380313 | 2014-07-29 12:55:00 | Is there any of these names in add/remove programs? If so, uninstalling them would be a good start - then reset your browser and as Dugi says - malwarebytes the next step flash-Enhancer, SafeSaver, DP1815, Video Player, Convert Files for Free, Plus-HD 8.9, BetterSurf, Media Player 1.1, SupTab, RemoveTheAdApp, ValueApps, Lollipop, PassShow, LyricsBuddy-1, YutubeAdBlock 1.2, Media Player 1.1, Savings Bull, Feven Pro 1.1, Websteroids, Savings Bull, HD-Plus 3.5, QuickShare, Lightspark, Surftastic, Software Version Updater, Media Viewer 1.1, Re-markit |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1380314 | 2014-07-29 22:36:00 | Think it is part of the web page design, have seen some of these and thought they were links to related pages but were only advertising or word definitions. | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1380315 | 2014-07-29 22:38:00 | Thank you gentlemen. I ran Malwarebytes and Zone Alarm Extreme Security scans when the issue first arose about a week ago, both reported no infections. None of the programmes listed by Bevy appears in the add/remove list, but I did find one, WinPcap 4.1.1, which I hadn’t noticed before. I certainly had not installed it. I checked Cace Technologies and cutting through the jargon it does seem that this might be the culprit. So I have uninstalled it and rebooted with no apparent deleterious effect. I’ll watch today. |
Guillaume (16361) | ||
| 1380316 | 2014-08-01 22:09:00 | Some days have now passed since I uninstalled WinPcap 4.1.1 and this removal seems to have solved the problem -- no more unwanted hyperlinks. Thanks for your help guys... | Guillaume (16361) | ||
| 1380317 | 2014-08-01 22:38:00 | Thanks for reporting back. I was going to suggest that you edit your Hosts file - it's a wonderful built-in Windows tool to speed up websites and stop adverts. | Greg (193) | ||
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