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  • #45401
    chrisburton
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    Anyone else seeing random text turned into links with popup ads?

    Check this discussion: https://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/25645/solved-feel-out-of-my-comfort-zone-/p1

    #138116
    Paulie_D
    Member

    Not seeing anything like that.

    #138107
    chrisburton
    Participant

    @Paulie_D Yeah, somehow I obtained a virus. Just removed it and everything looks normal.

    #138108
    Paulie_D
    Member

    > somehow I obtained a virus.

    Not something you expert to hear on a savvy web forum!

    :>)

    #138153
    __
    Participant

    >Not something you expert to hear on a savvy web forum!

    [well, …](http://xkcd.com/694/) : p

    #138154
    theacefes
    Member

    @traq, awesome! :D

    #138155
    chrisburton
    Participant

    The alarming part about it is that Microsoft Security Essentials found nothing, neither did a few other antivirus programs I tried using. I got rid of it by restoring my computer to an earlier point. Go figure.

    #138170
    Senff
    Participant

    I’ve seen it before — in my case it was nothing more than a Chrome addon/plugin that would scan any web pages you visit for keywords and then add advertisement overlays to it — like what you showed, @chrisburton. Accidentally installed or with malicious intent, of course MS Security Essentials wouldn’t detect that cause being an addon, it’s “legit”.

    #138174
    __
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    It’s all about making it look like it’s part of the free image converter you just DL’d

    #138175
    chrisburton
    Participant

    I haven’t downloaded anything in the past week which is why I find this weird. It started right after I updated Google Chrome.

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