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some sort of spam I think

Started by DEMPSEY, January 03, 2013, 02:05:06 PM

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DEMPSEY

Have just noticed that random words are being turned into links on my end,as I move the mouse over them a pop up link to random various web site selling odds and ends. Anybody got these too. >:(
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Ciderhead

QuoteHave just noticed that random words are being turned into links on my end,as I move the mouse over them a pop up link to random various web site selling odds and ends. Anybody got these too. >:(

nope
Unclean! Unclean!
Looks like there was more than one virus in the Dempsey household over Christmas

DEMPSEY

Thanks,that helped. Downloaded it by mistake while trying to watch a film on the web. :-[
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Greg2013

"Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet."  Gen. James 'Mad Dog' Mattis USMC(Ret.)

JimmyM

Dirty fecker.

I got some yolk a while ago that loaded itself as a plugin in my browser. It made itself look like a searchengine box and put ads art the end of the screen,  but apparently it collected info you entered in youre browser too.
Formerly JamesM.

Eoin

One word.....Linux...that is all.

(Tube might find this ironic as I'm posting now from Windows, but this is the work PC...meh, but then working for a computer security company it's well locked down anyway)

Partridge9

Yea - I got one of those when trying to watch prem football on a saturday afternoon - its a bit of a nightmare

DEMPSEY

My kids showed me a site to watch films on,so got to watch "the hunger games" and "prometheus". Then noticed this crap on the computer later. :-[
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Forgive us our Hangovers as we forgive those who hangover against us