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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on March 18, 2014, 09:20:13 am

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Post by: JandS on March 18, 2014, 09:20:13 am

Why do all the messages on the forum now have certain words or phrases written in green and underlined??

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Post by: John Kelly on March 18, 2014, 09:57:11 am

Mine don't must be your computer.

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Post by: Forum Admin on March 18, 2014, 10:05:42 am

Hi,

It sounds like something has been installed on your computer that picks up certain keywords.

To get rid of recent downloaded software that you don't want visit your control panel and go to add or remove programs. Once in here order by date installed and you will probably see the offending software.

Unfortunately most things we download these days come with affiliate downloads almost unknowingly, a simple removal of this should solve your problem!

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Post by: JandS on March 18, 2014, 10:10:43 am

Cheers for that it appears to have gone away now...strange.

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Post by: Jamie Pearson on March 18, 2014, 12:05:33 pm

Its the CIA and NSA observing your internet activity  :o

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Post by: garry22 on March 18, 2014, 02:37:37 pm

John, as Admin have said, it looks like you have got some form of affiliate software on your computer.

By affiliate, I mean someone will get paid a percentage should you click on a link and buy something. That's OK but if you've got that then there may be something else which may be a bit naughty.

Try this free software that should pick it up...

http://www.malwarebytes.org/free/  Run a scan and you may find some adware stuff on your PC.

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Post by: Mark_Jubb on March 18, 2014, 11:01:47 pm

Quote from: CleaningSystemsUK on March 18, 2014, 12:05:33 pm

Its the CIA and NSA observing your internet activity  :o

Every time I speak to the wife on the mobile I tell her "watch you say, remember the Yanks are listening" I can't tell you want she says then  ;D