annoying links from browsing the internet

[Heller]

for instance here is a screen shot of my signature

Under G.Blanco it has a link to a random what im thinking is a malicious website, this happens a lot browsing the forums and just reading posts, random words are highlighted and linked, i haven't installed any software to my computer recently and i use ad blocker plus plugin for firefox so what can i do to get rid of these annoying links?

 

[Markbnj]

Those links don't appear for me, and I have never seen that sort of ad link on AT, so I would say you have something on your end causing the issue. You should probably run some scans.

 

[Heller]

Those links don't appear for me, and I have never seen that sort of ad link on AT, so I would say you have something on your end causing the issue. You should probably run some scans.

already ran windows defender and avast free scan, both came back clean, and they took a good 6-7 hours to scan each....

for example here is what my op look like to me on my screen atm,



and a box appears on the lower left corner of firefox every so often and when i click it this comes up




whats a good free spyware and ad-ware cleaner? don't really have the funds for a subscription software and i know there has to be some good free alternatives out there...

 

[NikolaeVarius]

You have something malicious on your computer.

Nuke it.

 

[Heller]

You have something malicious on your computer.

Nuke it.

i have to much music in itunes and in playlists and i dont know how to backup a playlist., plus i dont want to have to reinstall all my software and firefox bookmarks.

do not want to format but if thats the only option i guess i will be forced too..

 

[J3S73R]

i have to much music in itunes and in playlists and i dont know how to backup a playlist., plus i dont want to have to reinstall all my software and firefox bookmarks.

do not want to format but if thats the only option i guess i will be forced too..

Pretty sure thats all in your %appdata% area or %programdata%... one or the other.

 

[lxskllr]

While you're at it, get a new image host. That one sucks.

http://imgur.com/

 

[Jeffg010]

ABP seem to block this at work. At home I get those stupid links. It is not malware. The forum owner added those stupid link a couple of weeks ago. It might be time to run ABP at home for me. I try to support the sight but keep adding that type of crap and you just force people to block. I'm running Firefox.

 

[Theb]

I've had good luck with http://www.malwarebytes.org/

 

[darom]

Check your Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons. It is either in Extensions or in Plug-ins. I had a coupon plugin installed (without my knowing) which created underlined words with links to some coupon sites. Very annoying.

 

[Heller]

Check your Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons. It is either in Extensions or in Plug-ins. I had a coupon plugin installed (without my knowing) which created underlined words with links to some coupon sites. Very annoying.

that was it! thanks, dont know how the hell that got there, it was a add on called (info-atoms!)

 

[Jeffg010]

Check your Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons. It is either in Extensions or in Plug-ins. I had a coupon plugin installed (without my knowing) which created underlined words with links to some coupon sites. Very annoying.

I'll have to check this out when I get home.

Also the links I have at home are more of a mouse over popup.

 

[AMCRambler]

Running Fire Fox right now and I definitely do not have that crap. You is infectorated.