Problem of many words automatically hyperlinked all over pages

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Posted: 10 years ago
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Why are so many random words - even in posts and comments - automatically becoming hyperlinked with double-underlining and blue colour?

If the mouse hovers near the word, a window emerges for some connected promo.
But even if the mouse does not go near the words, they look always double-underlining and blue colour.

Every page has a ton of words which look constantly hyperlinked.

Is it a glitch getting sorted, or a permanent problem one should get used to?
If the latter, then fine. But if it's an unintended problem, please could it be sorted?

Could admins/mods/anyone who knows please reply soon?

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Posted: 10 years ago
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Oh.. I had the same problem. It's just, are you using Firefox or Chrome? Try to change to the other one. Same this happened with me aswell on Chrome and then I changed to Firefox. And even on Firefox soo many irritating ads coming up, so I installed an AdBlocker on Firefox, and now I am using NoScript. You can install it on Firefox only when you go to Add-Ons on the top. Search for NoScript and install it. Then you can set it however you want.

And for Chrome: There are too AdBlockers. Just do the same, go to the Menu and search for AdBlockers and install it. Then all ads will be gone! :)

Hope this helped! :)
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Go to your Control Panel and click 'Uninstall Programs". Go through the list of programs installed in your computer and uninstall any that seem unfamiliar by right clicking. The advertisements show up when a program is installed in your computer; when you visit certain unreliable websites, programs that you may not want download automatically.

You might also want to do a scan of your computer to check for any potential viruses if you find any downloaded programs. :)

Edit: Another thing you should check is what add-ons are installed on your browser. Let me know what browser you use and I can tell you how to check your add-ons. Sometimes unwanted add-ons get enabled for your browser. [Which also means there's an unwanted program downloaded in your computer most likely].
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Thanks so much for the detailed help, guys. :))
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Posted: 10 years ago
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I checked, there's nothing new, and the problem is only on I-F. :(

And in addition to random words automatically being hyperlinked with blue colour and double-colouring (if the mouse accidentally goes near, a green double-circle starts spinning on it),
there's a sudden number of huge advertisement pop-ups that aren't even prevented by the popup-blocker activated.

When net is slow, then having a dozen full-page ads pop-ups for every page forces to go to much less pages.

Really hoping this is a glitch which can be sorted, because otherwise going to have to continue as currently - which is a few pages everyday. :(

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