Something new???

[Karen]

It's all over the place, Karen - even the first post I started this thread with. It's in DOTD and COTD too, just for a couple more examples. They seem to be random and not in every post.

Okay - this must be something your browser is doing, because they are not there on the Dog or Cat of the Day homepages, or in your first post in this thread for me - and I of course can see the base code. What browser do you use? Have you installed anything new lately?

[pomtzu]

Okay - this must be something your browser is doing, because they are not there on the Dog or Cat of the Day homepages, or in your first post in this thread for me - and I of course can see the base code. What browser do you use? Have you installed anything new lately?

Firefox - and I haven't installed anything in ages. It just started today, if that's any help.

[Karen]

Firefox - and I haven't installed anything in ages. It just started today, if that's any help.

Does anyone else use your computer?

We have not changed anything about the sites or the forums today. Is this happening for anyone else? I loaded the pages with Firefox, I have version 12.0, on a Mac, and it still looks normal to me!

[pomtzu]

Nope - I'm the only user.

[Karen]

There is something wrong with your computer then. You need to run a virus scan, and malware scan. It is nothing to do with our particular website, I can assure you.

[Catty1]

This happens when I copy and paste part of an article. I TRY to remove the hyperlink but cannot right-click on it before the message is saved. After that - well, it's too late.

Any pointers, someone?

Thanks.

[Karen]

This happens when I copy and paste part of an article. I TRY to remove the hyperlink but cannot right-click on it before the message is saved. After that - well, it's too late.

Any pointers, someone?

Thanks.

Once it is posted, you can go back into your post by hitting "edit" and remove the link, which will then be readily apparent!

[cassiesmom]

Okay - this must be something your browser is doing, because they are not there on the Dog or Cat of the Day homepages, or in your first post in this thread for me - and I of course can see the base code. What browser do you use? Have you installed anything new lately?

I get it when I sign in to PT on my mom and dad's computer but not on mine. They use an older version of Windows than I do. Dad is constantly installing new stuff, I don't think he realizes he is doing it. Their Internet is so darn slow that he clicks here, there and everywhere to try to speed it up.

[Karen]

I get it when I sign in to PT on my mom and dad's computer but not on mine. They use an older version of Windows than I do. Dad is constantly installing new stuff, I don't think he realizes he is doing it. Their Internet is so darn slow that he clicks here, there and everywhere to try to speed it up.

And I am sure it is something he installed that is doing this, whether or not he realizes he installed anything! Windows is notoriously vulnerable, and spammers target it.

[Grace]

Haven't seen any of that with my computer. I have an iMac, using Safari. Got rid of Firefox a couple of weeks ago when it began to slow my computer down to a crawl.

[Pinot's Mom]

I use three different computers to sign in to PT and have never seen that. On two it's Internet Explorer and on the other it's Google Chrome.

[pomtzu]

Next week when I have some time to sit and concentrate without a ton of weekend distractions, I'm going to clear the cache and run an AVG TuneUp too. I have AVG and it runs a scan everyday, but I'm certain some junk must get thru undetected. I got an email from AVG for one free TuneUp, so I guess it's time to use it and see if that makes any difference.

If I had McAfee, I'd think the somewhat looney developer had put a jinx on his own system!

[Karen]

Next week when I have some time to sit and concentrate without a ton of weekend distractions, I'm going to clear the cache and run an AVG TuneUp too. I have AVG and it runs a scan everyday, but I'm certain some junk must get thru undetected. I got an email from AVG for one free TuneUp, so I guess it's time to use it and see if that makes any difference.

If I had McAfee, I'd think the somewhat looney developer had put a jinx on his own system!

Until you get this code off your machine, every time you click on one of those ads, you are making money for some Russian or Asian spammer out there ... so resist clicking for now!

[Randi]

When I copy and paste anything into the text field here from Wikipedea, I cannot get rid of the blue color nor the underlining. I can format the normal text, though.

Christmas (Old English: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "Christ's Mass") is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ^[5][6] and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on December 25^[2][3][4] by billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.^[7] Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,^[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,^[1][11][12] and is an integral part of the Christmas and holiday season.

[Karen]

Randi, if you then go back to "edit" the text, you'll see it really looks like this:


Christmas ([U ][URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language"]Old English[/ URL][/U ]: Crīstesmæsse, meaning "[URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ"]Christ[/URL]'s [URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_%28liturgy%29"]Mass[/U RL]") is an annual commemoration of [URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_of_Jesus"]the birth[/ URL] of [URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ"]Jesus Christ[/ URL]^{[URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-5"][5][/ URL][/S UP][S UP][URL ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-CathChrit-6"][6][/ URL][/ SUP] and a widely observed holiday, celebrated generally on [URL = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_25"]December 25[/URL][S UP][U RL = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-altdays-2"][2][/URL]}[SUP][URL = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-Jan7-3"][3][/ URL][/S UP][S UP][URL= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas#cite_note-4Dates-4"][4][/ URL ][/S UP] by billions of people

I just put a bunch of spaces in the "break" the tags so you can see them! Then it is easy to delete them.