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anotheoldgit | 15:01 Thu 20th Sep 2012 | Technology
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I noticed that on a recent thread I posted a particular word (in this case the word pregnancy) which was coloured blue and underlined, I press on this word and a page entitled 'Visitor's Survey' popped up.

Is this new feature now being introduced by AnswerBank?

I am running Vista and my browser is Firefox 14.0.1

My add-ons are,

British English Dictionary1.19.1

Google Shortcuts 2.1.7.1

MyAshampoo 3.14.1.0

Community Toolbar 3.14.1.0

Yontoo 1.20.00

I entered his on the Editors Blog and although I received some grateful answers I am afraid, none of them worked.
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"Is this new feature now being introduced by AnswerBank?"

To be completely clear: No.

I suggest uninstalling the following add-ons:

Google Shortcuts 2.1.7.1

MyAshampoo 3.14.1.0

Community Toolbar 3.14.1.0

Yontoo 1.20.00
^^ Indeed, not to mention getting rid of Vista and Firefox...
If you really don't want to remove the add-ons just disable them, there's only 4!

If that stops it happening then re-enable them one by one and see which is causing the links.
Vista isn't *too* bad as long as it's fully updated, face it, windows 7 was essentially Vista SP2 in all but name.
*SP3
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Thank your for your answers, and thanks Chuck that is a good idea I will give it a go.
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I have disabled all my add-on with no success.

I notice that these underlined words are only on certain sections, although there are similar Surveys and adverts along with all the other AnsweBank adverts on the R/H side of the screen, so I still maintain that they are all part of these.
A quick Google for Yontoo reveals it to be malware, and in fact, when I tried to open the Yontoo web site, ESET Smart Security stepped in and prevented it opening.

there's a rather complicated removal guide here:
http://forums.spybot....howthread.php?t=62640

But you can probably get rid of it by means of good old MalwareBytes (which you probably already have).

The question has to be asked - "Why on earth did you install it in the first place?"
Any joy AOG?

If it's on the right hand part of the screen where adverts usually are - then it's possible it was just an advert.
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rojash

Sorry I am late in getting back to, thanks anyway for that information on Yontoo, I have no idea where it came from because I didn't install it and no one else has access to my laptop, but I will give it a MalwareByte clear out as you suggest, thanks again.

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