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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Whats going on with random words being links to random sites Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:22 am |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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I'm sure everyone has noticed this, when you're reading a post or some news on some site and there's just a random word that's blue and underlined and you click on it and it takes you to a credit score website or something. How is this legal? who is doing it? Is it something I can disable? I don't really know anything about html codes and stuff, so is this just something i can fix in my internet browser settings? It's pretty irritating.
EDIT: Hilarious. It did it to the words credit score.
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:27 am |
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too much stick, not enough carrot |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 3704 Location: The Great Country of Texas!
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Haven't seen it here. You see it on other sites occasionally. I have no idea how to disable it...
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vader
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:18 pm |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 3238
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Those are called "contextual link ads" and are powered by companies like Kontera or Infolinks. Site owners use them to monetize their contents. Each time a link is clicked, they earn a few cents. The text are hyperlinked on the fly by the ad companies' technology (mostly just using Javascript).
We don't use those on AFi.
HTH
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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:43 pm |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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You guys arent seeing right up there where i first typed the words "credit score" that it's higlighted in blue and underlined and when you move your cursor over it it brings up a pop up that links to a credit score thing? i just arbitrarily mentioned cs, it could be online dating or whatever else, but it's right there on my computer.
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vader
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:04 pm |
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Master of the Interwebs |
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shishalzafrazz wrote: You guys arent seeing right up there where i first typed the words "credit score" that it's higlighted in blue and underlined and when you move your cursor over it it brings up a pop up that links to a credit score thing? i just arbitrarily mentioned cs, it could be online dating or whatever else, but it's right there on my computer. We don't use any contextual ads here on AFi. If you're seeing them, pretty good chance your browser has malware. I suggest you get Malware Bytes and do a scan of your computer: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/
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Shellhead
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:54 am |
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Yeah, I'm not seeing them, either.
It's gotta be your computer, frazz.
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texgnome1
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:06 am |
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too much stick, not enough carrot |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 3704 Location: The Great Country of Texas!
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See, who says AFI is just about toys? I had no idea that was what it was called, or that it was from malware. Thanks Vader! 
_________________ Go visit the JLU Customs Wiki - you won't be disapointed!
DC/WB is all like "Wonder Woman's too confusing for a movie!" and Marvel/Disney is all like "Here's a raccoon with a machine gun".
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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:01 pm |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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Yes, thanks, vader.
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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:18 am |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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that fixed it. thanks again, mate!
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vader
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 1:12 am |
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Master of the Interwebs |
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Glad to know it's fixed now.
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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:33 pm |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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so now theres this new thing called 'trustisms"? or something? I click on something on certain pages and instead of going to that link, it opens a new page that says something like thissite.trustisms.net. is there and anti that shingbling software out there anywhere, cause that's even more infuriating!
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shishalzafrazz
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Post subject: Re: Whats going on with random words being links to random s Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:44 pm |
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picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue |
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Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm Posts: 2626 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
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and a couple more web/computer questions: I guess I accidentally hit something the other day that made the type on my laptop tiiiiiny. tiny tiny. cant figure out how to undo that. Also, there are these little windows that pop up on the screen with belligerently loud audio same at the malware underlined words and trustism pages. can someone help me not throw this stupid computer in the middle of Orleans avenue?
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