Solved What Causes This?

[bigmck]

We recently got new computers at work with Windows 7 and I am using Internet Explorer v10 instead of Firefox. I have been seeing a lot of the words with the double underline which brings up a site with a mouse-over. These were not present on the old computer. Is there setting I can change to stop these?

 

[AddRAM]

You see these when you`re on the net right ?

It`s totally normal, I see them all the time, it`s not something you can change, it`s part of the web page.

Hard to believe you`ve never seen them before.

 

[carwiz]

I may be wrong but I think that's one of these two Internet Options under the Advanced Tab.

 

[derekimo]

I don't think you should be seeing those here if you are logged in.

 

[z3r010]

You shouldn't see that on our sites logged in or out as we are not using inline text advertising to guests atm.

I suggest you do a malware scan and check for any dodgy browser extensions.

 

[UsernameIssues]

We recently got new computers at work with Windows 7 and I am using Internet Explorer v10 instead of Firefox. I have been seeing a lot of the words with the double underline which brings up a site with a mouse-over. These were not present on the old computer. Is there setting I can change to stop these?

As has been said - you should not see them on this forum (yet?).

Does the "site" look something like this?

 

[bigmck]

You shouldn't see that on our sites logged in or out as we are not using inline text advertising to guests atm.

I suggest you do a malware scan and check for any dodgy browser extensions.

Thanks very much John and the others. I will run Malwarebytes.

 

[z3r010]

I vaguely remember somebody last year getting something similar and it was caused by some packaged software from cnet or somewhere like that adding something to the browser but I cant remember any details.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

 

[bigmck]

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

Wow you need to keep a eye on installs from Cnet they have a little menu with accept or decline when trying to sneak in addware and people think it's just the program asking for permission and it's the total opposite

 

[Layback Bear]

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Probably PUP or PUG those things are like lice have to shave your head to get rid of them

I just ran Malwarebytes and there were 322 items removed. Plenty of PUP and PUG. I haven't seen any of the inline text since then. Hopefully that got rid of them.

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

it's along the lines of a PUP program as well attaches itself to the browser a perfect example is pigot.com i think that is what it's called the damn thing is a part of the bing tool bar dang thing is annoying

 

[Layback Bear]

Thanks Solarstarshines for the information.
I gave up on the Bing thing about 6 mo. ago.
Nothing but problems.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Thanks Solarstarshines for the information.
I gave up on the Bing thing about 6 mo. ago.
Nothing but problems.

Yeah i gave up on IE i always get an error and it pisses me off i think a lot of the times that is where my crash comes from but haven't found a way to fix it fully yet

 

[bigmck]

How often do you run scans? 322 is a awful lot of PUP and PUG. I'm not sure what a PUG is.

Monday was my first day back at work since before Christmas. Everyone had new computers. They were Dell with OEM installs. Who knows what kind of malware was in there.

 

[Borg 386]

Here's a site with a list of programs that might be helpful now or in the future.

If you buy new PCs from OEMs, you are probably all too familiar with the plague known as "crapware": the useless applications that come installed with Windows. Crapware wastes space, often ties up your RAM and CPU power, and can be a major hassle to get rid up. Luckily, there's a solution. These five applications will help you deal with the crapware quickly and safely.

Five apps for crapware cleanup - TechRepublic