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popups within threads?

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I think today, 23 July 2013, is the first time I've seen this. Some word(s) within some posts seem linked to a popup for "make money now" or similar. It doesn't seem like something the individual posters are doing.

Example:
The Firing Line Forums > Hogan's Alley > Handguns: General Handgun Forum
Reload this Page Semiauto vs. Revolver - which is more popular in the US?
Posts #2 and #3.

In my FireFox, the words "autos" "the windows" and "money" are highlighted as html links. Mouseover them and I see the offending popups.

Is this something in the site code? Or could I have a malware somewhere causing this?

Thanks -


Sgt Lumpy
 
I may have resolved it. Looking at the source code for the page, I couldn't find any html around the words in the posts. I found a malware extention called "SafeSave" in my FireFox list. Deleted that and the odd popup links seem gone. Similar popups were happening on CraigsList.

I'll go run a hard malware/virus/trojan check to see if I can kill any code generators that might be lurking.


Sgt Lumpy
 
Since the problem seems to be on your end, I'm going to go ahead and close this. If you see anything that might be site-related, don't hesitate to let us know.
 
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