Have I been hacked: What's with all the survey stuff I'm now getting when trying to reply to posts. Anybody else getting this crap? This doesn't happen on any other sites I've been to...

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Jul 23, 2019 18:45:49 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

What's with all the survey stuff I'm now getting when trying to reply to posts.
Anybody else getting this crap?

This doesn't happen on any other sites I've been to today. So I guess your site has been hacked.
Think I'll stay away for awhile, until this crap is fixed. Notice certain words become hyperlinks to surveys.
Bye

Jul 23, 2019 18:48:41 #

Quixdraw Loc: x

Nothing here so far.

Jul 23, 2019 19:10:45 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Maybe it's me. but like I said it doesn't happen anywhere else.
I'll reboot.

Jul 23, 2019 19:11:08 #

MadMikeOne Loc: So. NJ Shore - a bit west of Atlantic City

stephen901 wrote:

No idea what you mean. I haven’t had any “survey stuff” here.

Jul 23, 2019 19:45:52 #

Jay Pat Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA

For the hyperlinks there is a simple solution. My tech did something simple and those were gone.
Probably, a simple fix for the other problems as well.
Good luck!
Pat

Jul 23, 2019 20:08:19 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

I rebooted and ran my virus scan, which found 122 pup stuff. So let's see.

Well it must be my computer. When I just tried to preview this message another survey popped up.

Jul 23, 2019 20:08:53 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Does that message I just did have hyperlinks for anybody?

Jul 23, 2019 20:09:45 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Seems to only happen when I preview my message.

Jul 24, 2019 07:37:07 #

Admin

Sounds like adware on your computer. Please PM me a screenshot of what you see. I'll look into it.

Jul 24, 2019 18:59:35 #

stephen901 Loc: Leander, Texas

Admin wrote:

Sounds like adware on your computer. Please PM me a screenshot of what you see. I'll look into it.

I figured it out. I'm using Chrome for my browser, and I was tracking a package USPS and it opened what looked like a package tracking thing from their site. Turns out it was adware that added an extension to my browser.

I got rid of it, now alls well.

Thank you

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