Those annoying pop-ups from underlined words
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What's with the green underlined words?
Comments (17)Thank you, Sherry, for asking this question. I had, of course, seen the green lines, but I had assumed it was some new and special kind of link, and I have just bypassed it, not being in the mood for links (at least, until I get DSL). Now that I know it is advertising, I do find it objectionable, for this reason: It is inserted into a post written by someone who has NOT requested, or even been asked, to have advertising incorporated into his/her post. At least, that is how it seems to work, since nobody seemed to really know about it. This is not right. It is also deceptive. Of course, advertising is deceptive by nature, and I should know, having worked in that world for most of my working life - nonetheless, I feel this oversteps the mark. I know that GardenWeb needs advertisers to provide the funding for this forum that we all love, but I feel that we are already putting up with a certain amount of it, e.g., the annoying window-shade ad at the top of the page. I'll put up with that, but I would not like having the green lines inserted in a post that I have written. Laura...See MoreGreen text underlined words...
Comments (6)When I click on the ? all that comes up is WOT warning. Closing that takes me to a shopping site. I don't see any disble tab anywhere. More help please?...See MoreREALLY annoying pop-up on this forum - anyone else?
Comments (29)Nice tips, bmore. Wonder if I can use that same technique with Firefox. Have to look into that. Tamara responded to my complaint, stating that she had reported the problem this morning and a fix should be in place soon. She also told me that generally these types of ads should only appear once per session. If only they were that infrequent! I even had the Duracell ad show up on the message preview page and I've never seen an ad there before - not even when we were dealing with the underlined green word hyperlinks mess. Oh, scratch that. I just noticed the Dove bleed-in ad from the right when I previewed my reply. At least it's not nearly as annoying as Duracell or Penney's ads. I've seen the Penney's ad once so far today but no Duracell ad. I'm hoping they've gone away for good....See MoreHow to remove adware pop ups & green words
Comments (3)I'm glad you figured it out, Joanne! Those links annoyed me to no end, until I realized they didn't show up on all my computers, and thus I started looking into why that might be.... Here I think is the article I read... Here is a link that might be useful: adware/malware article...See Morewritersblock (9b/10a)
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