Links to Adverts within posts?

[Sven's Fluffer]

Never had this before, but for some reason loads of the text within posts are double underlined and appear to be advertising? Is this a new thing or I am just being a thick fecker? Can I turn this off?

'The double-underlined links scan each page for appropriate keywords and contextual relevancy. The keywords are pre-chosen by the online publisher to be relevant to the site, however, more often than not, they appear due to supply and demand. If a match is found, a clearly visible advertising link (usually indicated by a green or blue double underline) is auto-generated'

 

[law74]

same problem here and too often when changing pages, a new tab opens up (I have AVG free as my online protection)

 

[Ric]

I think that must be some spyware on your machine, as I'm not seeing the same links (and haven't authorised them to be on the site).

 

[Centurions]

If you're still having problems it's most probably an add-on or toolbar you've installed alongside other software. When installing software (especially any freeware stuff) you'll find multiple confirmation boxes while installing which ask for permission, you have to read each one carefully before proceeding and refuse any toolbars in particular.

If on Chrome then these pages may help :- https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/113907?hl=en-GB, http://www.howtogeek.com/140464/how-to-manually-uninstall-a-globally-installed-chrome-extension/ & https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/142064?hl=en-GB

If you paste chrome://plugins/ or chrome://extensions/ in to a new tab they'll take you directly to the required page and you may need to use the Windows uninstaller in Control Panel as well.
BTW the chrome://plugins/ page is useful if you have a lot of Flash plugin crashes as Chrome can have access to both its own Flash plugin and the System version. Just disable the plugin one and you'll never have another problem again.

This is mine, the one in red is disabled :-

Adobe Flash Player (2 files) - Version: 11,8,800,94
Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
Name: Shockwave Flash
Description: Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
Version: 11.8.800.97
Location: C:\Users\Colin\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\29.0.1547.66\PepperFlash\pepflashplayer.dll
Type: PPAPI (out-of-process)
Enable
MIME types:
MIME type Description File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash
.swf
application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player
.spl

Name: Shockwave Flash
Description: Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
Version: 11,8,800,94
Location: C:\Windows\system32\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32_11_8_800_94.dll
Type: NPAPI
Disable
MIME types:
MIME type Description File extensions
application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe Flash movie
.swf
application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie
.spl
Disable Always allowed?



Do run a FULL virus scan with MSE or the free Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware( or any good scanner that searches for malware as well as viruses) after you've finished. Download and run the free version of ccleaner(short for crap cleaner :) ) http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download and clean your registry as well.