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Double underline words
Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links."
When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Andy P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? |
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:06:38 -0800 (PST), Andy wrote:
Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links." When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Surprisingly, I never see one. Screenshot? P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? I only have dificulty with them when I use Tor. But which captcha are you talking about? |
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Double underline words
In message , JJ
writes: On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:06:38 -0800 (PST), Andy wrote: Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links." When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Surprisingly, I never see one. Screenshot? I think a few sites use them; if you (Andy) are only seeing them on a few sites, give us example URLs, but I suspect there's nothing you can do about them as those sites have chosen that particular funding method. If you're getting them on lots of sites, then you've probably somehow acquired an add-on/extension/whatever that does it. (JJ: they double-underline certain key words/phrases in all sorts of pages, such as "computer", "Windows 7", and so on, and when you hover over them, try to tell you of ways of acquiring the highlighted word/phrase - i. e. they're selling.) I'm not sure under what circumstances you'd have acquired such an add-on - obviously it would have presented itself as something more useful, or possibly been added when you installed something else and chose the "standard" option (sadly, but understandably, many freewares these days use this method of funding). Does the Ask extension do this? If you're getting them on many pages so it isn't just some sites, then the fact that you're getting them in both Windows and Linux suggests that you have the same extension in the browser(s) on both machines, which might help pin it down. (What browser?) P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? I only have dificulty with them when I use Tor. But which captcha are you talking about? Indeed, the captchas on which site(s)? -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Is the reason they[the crown jewels]'re not insured, that the Queen's got form because of that fire at Windsor? - Lucy Porter on "The Unbelievable Truth", 2012-April-8 |
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Double underline words
Andy wrote:
Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links." When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Andy P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? The underlined words come two ways. One way is provided on the web page source itself. But that might be a single underline, and be Intellitxt. That could be implemented with JavaScript on the affected page. At least one home-made "hosts" file blocks the vibrantmedia domain, to try to stop them. I don't know if that's the best way or not. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellitxt That's not considered Adware as such, because the website itself hopes to profit from partnering with VibrantMedia and having underlines added to things. The effect is then only seen on individual pages partnering with VibrantMedia and does not "spread" to other pages. Every page won't be affected like that. ******* This site has very generic (and sometimes overkill) suggestions for removal of things like BHO (browser helper objects). Sometimes underlined text is being done with something added to the browser itself. So they can collect advertising money from web sites other than their own. One of the steps here, has you look in Add/Remove Programs, for the installer that put it there. Of the suggestions here, I'd try AdwCleaner. http://malwaretips.com/blogs/green-d...d-ads-removal/ Use one of the blue arrowed boxes, to start the download. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ You run the "scan" button only, to start. The prefs.js of your browser will be listed in one of the scan results, but is only significant, if lines of text appear directly below that entry. As the lines of text below the file reference, show what is wrong with the file (extra preferences in a prefs.js that don't belong there). Read the instructions on bleepingcomputer, as there are some add-ons that are booby-trapped, and removal with AdwCleaner in that case, could have a slight side effect. Once you're absolutely sure what you're dealing with, you can then use the removal button. Paul |
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In message , Paul
writes: [] Of the suggestions here, I'd try AdwCleaner. [] Though I'll add a warning: when it lists your browser addons (or other name), make sure you know what they are before letting it remove them: most do appear with a name that might jog your memory, but some just appear as a string of meaningless characters. I told it to remove two or three of the ones that appeared like that, and found I'd removed Tab Mix Plus and at least one other I liked (from Firefox). So I think some add-ons don't store their identity in a way that Adwcleaner recognises. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Is the reason they[the crown jewels]'re not insured, that the Queen's got form because of that fire at Windsor? - Lucy Porter on "The Unbelievable Truth", 2012-April-8 |
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On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:52:45 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
I think a few sites use them; I'd be very interested if you could point one, if you still remember. Cause, neither HTML nor CSS specifications has double-underline font styling. Only (single) underline is defined. |
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In message , JJ
writes: On Sun, 23 Feb 2014 12:52:45 +0000, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote: I think a few sites use them; I'd be very interested if you could point one, if you still remember. Cause, neither HTML nor CSS specifications has double-underline font styling. Only (single) underline is defined. I might be wrong, but when Andy mentioned it, it sounded familiar. If you're still with this thread, Andy, can you give a URL? (I'm puzzled by "neither HTML not CSS specifications" - I thought, though I've never actually got into them, that CSS was just a way of making a common style for several web pages - i. e. CSS wouldn't have anything HTML didn't anyway. Isn't that so, i. e. can CSS specify styles HTML can't?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Time is an illusion - lunchtime doubly so. (First series, fit the first.) |
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| I might be wrong, but when Andy mentioned it, it sounded familiar. If | you're still with this thread, Andy, can you give a URL? | I found a sample he http://www.vibrantmedia.com/whatisintellitxt.asp I got curious because I've never run across this before. The sample uses javascript that loads an iframe. So one can block script, iframes, or as Paul suggested, edit the HOSTS file. But in general, if script is enabled it's hard to stop these kinds of intrusions. | (I'm puzzled by "neither HTML not CSS specifications" - I thought, | though I've never actually got into them, that CSS was just a way of | making a common style for several web pages - i. e. CSS wouldn't have | anything HTML didn't anyway. Isn't that so, i. e. can CSS specify styles | HTML can't?) HTML tags have attributes. Styles can be applied to HTML tags, and there's a lot of overlap, but they're not the same as attributes. Part of the improvement with CSS is that there's been an attempt to standardize all CSS properties to all tags. For instance, in HTML there can be a BORDER attribute to the IMG tag that specifies a pixel width for a solid border, but in CSS any element can have a specified border width, any of several border styles, and border color. |
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Ask.com ToolBar Double underline links
"Andy" wrote in message ...
Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links." When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Andy P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? It the Webpage or Can be a browser plug-in In the pass i have seen Ask.com Toolbar use the double underline links It's for a Advertiser Click.Links. Pays 0.0003% Post the Webpage URL if I see no double underline links it's a plug-in If do it be in the HTML Code and I be able to tell you who the Advertiser host is |
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I hate "ask" ToolBar Double underline links Too!
"Todd"
wrote in message news:legh8n$h8s$2 @dont-email.me... On 02/24/2014 02:12 PM, Hot-Text wrote: "Andy" wrote in message news:9e7287bd-ed2b-4b0c-9219-db0f34bdae1f @googlegroups.com... Does someone know how to stop those "double underline links." When you hover over them, they open up irritating boxes. They happen in Windows and Linux Have a great weekend, Andy P.S. Does anyone have difficulty with those Captchas ? It the Webpage or Can be a browser plug-in In the pass i have seen Ask.com Toolbar use the double underline links It's for a Advertiser Click.Links. Pays 0.0003% Post the Webpage URL if I see no double underline links it's a plug-in If do it be in the HTML Code and I be able to tell you who the Advertiser host is Scan your computer for junkware. http://thisisudax.org/ I hate "ask" Me Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Good link |
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Thank's For the Freeby Todd!
"Todd"
wrote in message news:lela20$108$4 @dont-email.me... On 02/25/2014 01:40 PM, Hot-Text wrote: That particular link has rescued countless of my customers SSSLLLOOOWWW machines. I have taken to running it as a routine. Yes Sr. Thanks' to: PaYing Customers Always need Rescued! |
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I hate "ask" ToolBar Double underline links Too!
In message , Todd
writes: On 02/25/2014 01:40 PM, Hot-Text wrote: "Todd" wrote in message news:legh8n$h8s$2 @dont-email.me... [] Scan your computer for junkware. http://thisisudax.org/ I hate "ask" Me Toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Good link That particular link has rescued countless of my customers SSSLLLOOOWWW machines. I have taken to running it as a routine. Thanks for it. Note it takes a long time to run - it was 20-30 minutes here. It didn't seem to find much: two registry values repaired ...\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\..., deleted a coupons folder (n. b. it didn't ask), and emptied a Firefox minidumps folder. Does this mean I'm just a safe person anyway? It's not an installer, it just runs (first thing it does is go online, to get a text file - one screenful - to tell you how it's going to work). When you read that and tell it to carry on, the next thing it does is make an ERUNT backup (I'd recognise that screen anywhere!). Thanks for the tip. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf We like to get up at the crack of noon - Kathy Lette (on her fellow Aussies), RT 2014/1/11-17 |
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