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quiksilver | HI RANDALL- NOT SURE IF I SHOULD BE ADDRESSING THIS TO YOU OR MAYBE ANOTHER MODERATOR BUT I RECENTLY CLICKED ON MY PROFILE TO UPDATE IT AND I SAW NEXT TO "HOMEPAGE" THAT THERE WAS AN X-RATED LINK! FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T EVEN HAVE A HOME PAGE, NEVER MIND AN X-RATED ONE, BUT SECONDLY, WHO ON EARTH (AND HOW ON EARTH) WOULD ADD SUCH A THING TO MY PROFILE?? DO I HAVE SOME UNKNOWN ENEMY OR IS THIS JUST A FLUKE HACKING? THEN AGAIN, WHO'D WASTE THEIR TIME HACKING INTO LINDA-LAND FOR SUCH A TRIVIAL PURSUIT? HOW DO YOU THINK THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED? I HAVE SINCE MODIFIED MY PROFILE BUT WHO'S TO SAY THAT TOMORROW I WON'T FIND SOME OTHER OBSCENE LINK? PLEASE HELP! (IF POSSIBLE). THANKS!!! |
mortega | Sounds to me like you've got spyware on your computer. It automatically fills in the blanks for you. Spyware and adware is becoming a real nuisance for me, too. I've bought 2 programs to help get rid of it, but I'm still having problems. Something similar has happened to me at other sites. |
Randall | Download Ad-aware. It's free. You'll be surprised at how much Spyware you pick up by just being online. Ad-aware will take care of it. ------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark |
Harpyr | Adaware is a great program. Here's a link to download it. http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10214379.html?tag=lst-0-7 |
Randall | Most Spyware is of the Data Miner variety, but it sounds like you have a Registry File contaminated. Ad-aware will find it and squash it. I like it because it's super fast with the scan (unlike most other Spyware programs). ------------------ "Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark |
proxieme | I scan once every other day w/ Ad-Aware, and I pick-up an amazing amount of junk. |
QueenofSheeba | I should start cleaning out my computer's junk. Sometimes my browser will suddenly take me to MSN.com or some software site. It so totally isn't me. ------------------ Hello everybody! I used to be QueenofSheeba and then I was Apollo and now I am QueenofSheeba again (and I'm a guy in case you didn't know)! |
juniperb | Better get on the stick QOS, it`s a pain to keep up with the garbage one gets for 'FREE' from our lovely internet solicitors juniperb ------------------ If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot |
quiksilver | Hey Randall (and everyone who responded): Thanks a mil! I was starting to get a little paranoid for a second there!! I appreciate the advice. Come to think of it, I think I do have spyware. One has to be constantly on the lookout these days.... Thanks again |