BPL, Puleeeezzze get rid of those highlighted links you insert in the text of our posts. VERY annoying just to see them after having clicked on a few out of curiosity.

Aaaarrrrrggghhh! (And that's the mildest expression I can post.)


UPDATE: I followed Randy's advice & found it was a program & I uninstalled it. How it got in in the first place is a mystery.
I expected backpacking advice here but computer advice? Glad we have some folks here far more computer savvy than me. Thanks all for your concern.

Edited by Danepacker on 03/23/2011 13:16:25 MDT.

Eric:

Don't really understand. Can you point to an example?

The comment may have been intended for the Forum Admin section.

--B.G.--

Huh???
Example needed.

cheers

Get over it and don't click on them. Easy.

Just like not reading some peoples posts.

I have found some of those links useful.

I'm a bit confused myself.

I don't see any links embedded in user texts. Maybe get a new browser (or browser extension)??

???

I have no idea what annoying links are being inserted. Can anyone who can see them have an example ?

Edited by redmonk on 03/22/2011 13:16:54 MDT.

Could the OP possibly have a virus or malware installed on his system doing this?

Eric B can you take a screenshot of what it is that is irritating you?

> Could the OP possibly have a virus or malware installed on his system doing this?
Very possible!

cheers

Please post a screen shot of this. I am not aware of what links you are speaking of.

Do the links tell you to do anything? Are you hearing voices too? Just kidding. :)

You guys are just jealous because you don't see the links ( and because the voices only talk to me... :)

Seriously, ONLY on this site do I get blue highlighted words in my posts and all other posts that, when you click on them lesd you to a LIST of sites.

EX. the word "at" is highlighted in blue (and underlined with dots) and when I click on it I get "AT&T" and other items beginning with "at".

Is this some strange thing on my computer only? Why is it only on BPL posts??
BTW, The links page says "Surf Canyon". Is this some virus or malware on my comnputer?


(Yeah, I know,even paranoids have enemies.)

Edited by Danepacker on 03/22/2011 23:04:46 MDT.

Eric:

That is odd. Definitely sounds like a malware on your computer! I would give it a check if I were you. Who knows what else it is doing??

Eric,

We thought YOU had a virus. But it is apparent your COMPUTER is infected with Malware or similar. Do an Internet search for Adaware and Spybot. They are free. Download and run them. The links will probably go away. But maybe not the voices :)

Wait...what's wrong with hearing voices?

Wait...what's wrong with hearing voices?



Nothing. But Adaware and Spybot will not eliminate them.

I'll get a more computer knowledgeable person to get the best anti-spyware on it tomorrow.
I don't understand why my McAfee anti-virus doesn't have something like Adaware on it. My previous Norton Utilities had it.

Sorry for jumping the gun and blaming BPL for this. That just shows that I'm only semi-literate with computers. Ya gotta remember, when I was in college in the '60s computers were only owned by large businesses and had key-punched cards. I didn't grow up with a laptop.

"Ya gotta remember, when I was in college in the '60s computers were only owned by large businesses and had key-punched cards."

I have a large stack of keypunch cards right here.

I agree with the others. It smells like some kind of malware, virus, browser corruption, etc. It shouldn't be impossible to clean out.

Sometimes crap like that sneaks into your computer before McAfee can do anything about it.

--B.G.--

... haha.. just kidding. Don't flame me.

Seriously, I love my Macbook. I really really disliked computers when I had used Windows. Not sure if they've improved over the last couple of years, but my Windows based systems always invariably slowed down after 6 months of use for some reason.

Now, knock on wood, no antivirus programs, no defraging, no sluggishness despite filling my hard-drive with all kinds of torrent files.

And if you ever have a mac related question, seems all one has to do is google. There seems to be a lot less commercial related info. to sift through to get an answer vs Windows... smaller community perhaps?

Edited by elf773 on 03/23/2011 00:54:35 MDT.