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why are some words underlined with ad links?

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i posted a prayer request and some of the words in my post are underlined and link to different ads when you scroll over them


i'm also seeing it throughout the main page of the board
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right there above, when i'm looking at it, the phrase "Prayer Request" is orange highlighted and double underlined


even as i'm trying to log in, the words "Username" and "Password" are highlighted in orange and double underlined


even as i'm posting this, in the far left of the post cache, the "Message" part of "Message body" is orange highlighted and double underlined and so is the word "Options" below
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You have adware or spyware on your pc. Install some free virus protection from Microsoft website then go through your pc programs in the add/delete software control panel as well as remove strange browser add ins.
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Hover over the links and see if they are associated with a specific site like ad-Vance or some other named ad service.
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hey bj, sorry for waiting so long to reply


i ran a spybot check on the laptop and it came up with something that i couldn't immediately remove


i told my dad about it


that's freaking annoying


i believe i got it from a movie streaming site that is probably illegal but apparently alot of people know about it and nobody has done anything about it


i knew something was weird about it so i stopped using it
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Some good FREE tools to use:

http://www.avg.com - AVG Free Virus Scanner

http://www.malwarebytes.org - Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro
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