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Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - Psychospacecow - 08-04-2014
I've noticed the words personal and derivatives of downloads are turned into ad links. Is this happening to anyone else?
"Ad by dealpeaak"
It also does it for insomnia. I'm wondering if this is a VGFacts thing or if my computer's gone screwy.
Continue and Psychically. avatar
I know its not us because it loads the words at different times and shows up on older posts.
RE: Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - ClaudX - 08-04-2014
I've had this before. Try doing a virus scan to see if there is a virus. For me, that's usually the problem.
RE: Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 08-04-2014
Usually an insidious add-on to your browser.
RE: Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - Carlos - 08-04-2014
Oh yeah. I remember this happening. It turns out, I had something called "KNCTR". Just had to go to my Control Panel and un-install it. Also, "Ad by dealpeaak" ? I guess you have something called dealpeaak installed.
Alright, I Googled it. https://www.google.com/search?q=g&oq=g&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.405j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#q=what+is+dealpeaak
Check it out. You should probably go look at a guide to remove it.
RE: Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - SERIOUSLY THOUGH - 08-04-2014
I recommend going to a list of your installed software, sort by date installed, and uninstall whatever shifty name was last installed.
RE: Is anyone else getting random words turned into links for ads? - Psychospacecow - 08-04-2014
Fixed it.
Had to:
wipe an add-on off firefox, default all my browsers, uninstall the program, run malwarebytes. Its gonna take a while to make my browser all pretty again but all is well.