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Old 13-06-2012, 15:43   #1
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Over the past few days I keep getting hyperlinks appearing everywhere, on BBC news pages, on Sheffield Forum posts and loads of other places.

If I click on it it opens a new page as "www.servads" before then redirecting to some page advertising PPI compensation/loan companies/crappy telephone deals etc etc

Is anyone else having this problem? And does anyone know how I can rectify it?

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Old 13-06-2012, 15:50   #2
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Over the past few days I keep getting hyperlinks appearing everywhere, on BBC news pages, on Sheffield Forum posts and loads of other places.

If I click on it it opens a new page as "www.servads" before then redirecting to some page advertising PPI compensation/loan companies/crappy telephone deals etc etc

Is anyone else having this problem? And does anyone know how I can rectify it?

Thanks
Im having the same thing. i dont think iv noticed it using IE but on Chrome its on just about any website i visit
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Old 13-06-2012, 15:54   #3
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Im having the same thing. i dont think iv noticed it using IE but on Chrome its on just about any website i visit
Check your installed programs. I just discovered something called yontoo had been installed by IE a few days ago. I've uninstalled it and it seems to have removed the problem
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Old 13-06-2012, 16:08   #4
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Check your installed programs. I just discovered something called yontoo had been installed by IE a few days ago. I've uninstalled it and it seems to have removed the problem
i didnt find that but i had something called rivalgaming i uninstalled it as i dont know what it is and the uninstall page came up like a spam thing.
iv also recently been getting dodgy pages popping up every now and again for either a samsung survey, ppis and win an iphone. even though i checked all my settings and pop ups are blocked and anti virus etc is all working.
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Old 13-06-2012, 20:01   #5
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It's a system called TextEnhance. Clear your cookies, and remove any software you installed recently that was "Free".

Just saw that you fixed it
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