Hmmmm.... Spyware??

ArthurG

Noticed something odd over the last few days (running WinXP Home). Ocassionally when I open a web page, I get a double underline on some words, which when I hover over them, display a short ad of some sort, be it for eBay or something similar. Clicking on the word opens a new link to that page.

I haven't installed anything like that to my knowledge, and Spybot has found no spyware, so any idea what it could be??. I'vr noticed there is a program called 'MyWebSearch' installed in 'Add/Remove Programs', but trying to uninstall it results in a window opening but nothing else.

Any help/suggestions most welcome.

Cheers,

AG

leonlafrite

Do a scan with : ad-aware, it is the best around and you get it for free!

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

L.

ColmOT [MSFT]

Sounds like a Smart-Tag feature of Office System 2003, or a webby version from some website.

Do you have Office System 2003 installed?

ArthurG

Problem solved (Smart-Tag alike):

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3756

Solution in there as well, relieved its not spyware.

Also get it on this page, interesting to see if others have same thing:

Majorgeeks.com
Select benchmarking on LHS
Click on Codecreatures benchmark

Microsoft and a few others underlined.

Rather unpleasant carry on.......

OfflerCrocGod

Hahaaa thank god that "feature" is not supported in any real browsers like Firebird I'll never see those ads:D, get a real browser like Firebird and dump Internet Exploder.

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
Hahaaa thank god that "feature" is not supported in any real browsers like Firebird I'll never see those ads:D, get a real browser like Firebird and dump Internet Exploder.

Seriously, does every single one of your posts have to be like this?
Why don't you do up a gathering card and post that instead, "use firebird/whatever" is getting really boring at this stage.