kyron4 Posted June 19, 2010 Posted June 19, 2010 When I read post in this forum and on some other sites there are ramdom words high lighted and underlined in green. When I run the cursor over the word a small ad pops up . Is there a way to get rid of this ? Just noticed it a few weeks ago. -Thanks Quote
Shad_Master Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 My guess is that you have some kind of virus or malware - you may want to check with somebody lots more knowledgable than me to check it out and see what can be done if this is the problem. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted June 20, 2010 Super User Posted June 20, 2010 i've had that happen on very few other sites before but never this one. when i'd roll over the random word thats highlighted it would pop up like some kind of bing sponsored results thing. but i've never had that happen on this site. i think it has to be built into the site unless you have some kind of malicious software like shad master said. Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted June 20, 2010 BassResource.com Administrator Posted June 20, 2010 We have nothing like that built into the site. It's malware. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 20, 2010 Super User Posted June 20, 2010 i've had that happen on very few other sites before but never this one. when i'd roll over the random word thats highlighted it would pop up like some kind of bing sponsored results thing. but i've never had that happen on this site. i think it has to be built into the site unless you have some kind of malicious software like shad master said. Quote
FishingBuds Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Really malware? My malwarebytes hasn't fixed it then :-/ Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted June 21, 2010 BassResource.com Administrator Posted June 21, 2010 Get Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Both are free and do an excellent job of ferreting out and blocking the bad guys. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted June 21, 2010 Super User Posted June 21, 2010 You've downloaded something sponsored by bing. I installed a game, had the same problem. Uninstalled it problem fixed. Quote
FishingBuds Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Which one you recommend, my work computer has two versions of ad ware One is lava soft ad ware & i have another one that is ad ware se personal NEVER mind, I updated. Quote
FishingBuds Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Ran the ad aware after updating and still have the green words, lol heres one of the links, http://www.localjobreport.net/?path_id=85 how can i tell where this come from? Quote
Super User Dan: Posted June 21, 2010 Super User Posted June 21, 2010 Look in your installed programs list. If you don't recognize something Google it and see what comes up. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.