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TorpX · 07-22-12, 03:04 AM

I am seeing random words on this forum in blue and double underlined. No one else had mentioned this, and I am wondering if it is some kind of malware problem infecting my computer. Most of the words seem linked to some kind of advertising or business.

In any case, I find it very annoying. It is like reading a letter composed of cut out newspaper letters, all of different sizes, styles, and colors thrown together. Is there any way to get rid of it?

Jimbuna · 07-22-12, 02:57 PM

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago and traced it back to some crap that was attached to something I had downloaded...really sorry but I forget the name of it now

I traced it on the list of add/remove programmes and deleted it without any real effort...check the list for anything you don't recognise.

TorpX · 07-23-12, 02:26 AM

Thanks. I'll look things over in my machine.

07-22-12, 03:04 AM	#1
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Advertising? I am seeing random words on this forum in blue and double underlined. No one else had mentioned this, and I am wondering if it is some kind of malware problem infecting my computer. Most of the words seem linked to some kind of advertising or business. In any case, I find it very annoying. It is like reading a letter composed of cut out newspaper letters, all of different sizes, styles, and colors thrown together. Is there any way to get rid of it?

07-22-12, 02:57 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I had a similar problem a few weeks ago and traced it back to some crap that was attached to something I had downloaded...really sorry but I forget the name of it now I traced it on the list of add/remove programmes and deleted it without any real effort...check the list for anything you don't recognise. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

07-23-12, 02:26 AM	#3
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Thanks. I'll look things over in my machine.