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Old 09-04-09, 05:48 PM
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In every thread, certain words are hyperlinked, and moving your mouse over them causes pop-up ads to appear. Please tell me this is only temporary.
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Old 09-04-09, 08:33 PM
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Hmm, I haven't noticed yet. Didn't they do this before as a "trial" run but only for certain people?
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I've been going thread to thread for a bit and haven't seen this a single time.
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Old 09-04-09, 08:57 PM
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Ah the joys of third-party hyperlinking.
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Old 09-05-09, 12:19 AM
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You probably have spyware on your system and/or a crappy toolbar program.
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I've been seeing these for months, maybe a year.
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Old 09-05-09, 09:17 AM
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You probably have spyware on your system and/or a crappy toolbar program.
I thought spyware was strictly a PC problem? For the record, I'm using Firefox 3.5.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7. I've also never come across these ads on any other websites I frequent.
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I haven't seen this either. I'd imagine it would suck.
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I also don't see anything like that, on IE or Firefox. Where do the links take you? That might be an indicator of what toolbar/add-on/whatever is causing it.
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Here's one:

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Old 09-05-09, 11:21 AM
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Well, reading up on Kontera does seem to indicate it is an ad system controlled by the site.

I also read that AdBlock and IE7Pro can block these things, and since I have them installed, maybe that's why I don't see those links. However, I tried disabling AdBlock in Firefox, and I did not get the links (I did get to see lots of other ads that I don't normally see), so I'm not sure what's happening.
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I have Adblock Plus installed.
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Old 09-06-09, 08:38 AM
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I don't have adblock and I've never seen these on either IE or FF.

Did you try it in Safari, just for grins?
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Noirfan, the fact that you're the only one seeing this indicates to me that you should do a full Spyware scan on your system.
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Noirfan, the fact that you're the only one seeing this indicates to me that you should do a full Spyware scan on your system.
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You might find this thread interesting.

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/forum-feedb...-dvd-talk.html
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I did a spyware search and didn't find any, although I had two "tracking cookies". I deleted them, and now am ad-free.
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Originally Posted by Cheato
Well, reading up on Kontera does seem to indicate it is an ad system controlled by the site.

I also read that AdBlock and IE7Pro can block these things, and since I have them installed, maybe that's why I don't see those links. However, I tried disabling AdBlock in Firefox, and I did not get the links (I did get to see lots of other ads that I don't normally see), so I'm not sure what's happening.
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Er, I meant I have Adblock Plus uninstalled.
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Er, I meant I have Adblock Plus uninstalled.
right. typo. gotcha.
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Ah, the joys of running a Windows system.
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Ah, the joys of running a Windows system.

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I thought spyware was strictly a PC problem? For the record, I'm using Firefox 3.5.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7. I've also never come across these ads on any other websites I frequent.
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I've gotten the ads a few times in the past. It usually goes away after awhile.

Pretty lame.
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