Random words are being made into links.

[Daze]

I have noticed it here on PPT and on another forum where random words in our posts are being turn into links for a search engine - SearchSeeking.com. It showed up at the same time as the popup ads by Fruttinet. (which my popup blocker seems unable to block).

Is this part of the new way PPT is funding itself or is this some kind of hijack?

It is very annoying to see much of someone's post turned into links.

Is this happening to just me? or other user's experiencing these two problems?


Any feedback would be helpful.

[Siniri]

I haven't noticed this at all. Nor have I had any pop-ups. Could you direct me to a place where it's happened so I can see if I can see the links?

If the links are only appearing on your PC and you can't block the pop-ups, you might have some malware (although it'd be strange for both to only occur on certain sites). I use FF with ABP, RIP, NoScript, and Better Privacy, as well as the usual suites of antivirus, firewall, anti-adware, etc.

[Blue]

I believe it's only happening to you. My guess is that your browser has been compromised by one of these bots. Most likely a "BHO" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_Helper_Object has found its way into your browser. Some Google searching will help guide you on how to eliminate them.

Good luck!

[Daze]

I believe it's only happening to you. My guess is that your browser has been compromised by one of these bots. Most likely a "BHO" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_Helper_Object has found its way into your browser. Some Google searching will help guide you on how to eliminate them.

Good luck!

Thankyou Blue

I had to use my unistaller program to rid myself of the fruttinet program that had been installed.

Problem solved.

[Blue]

You are very welcome. Glad I could help

[Plastic Ninja]

It does this to me to. It's not just you.

[ginny-ROX]

It happens to me but not on here