[nfbcs] web browser problem?

[Linda Bloodsaw]

Problems With Google Search Adware
By Lindsay Howell, eHow Contributor
Ehow.com
Google is a powerful search engine that can be used to find information on the Internet. It is possible for adware to "hijack" Google's search results, meaning that when you attempt to click on a search result you are redirected to an advertisement. This can be caused by malware on your computer.

Rootkit Malware
Google search adware can be caused by a form of the Rootkit malware, which causes searches to be redirected to various advertisement and yellow-page sites. When you enter the URL of the site listed in the Google search, you will be taken to the correct page. Clicking on the Google search result itself leads to the adware site.
Switching Internet Browsers
Switching from one Internet browser to another may help with the adware problem; try using Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer or vice versa. Reinstalling your browser may help clear up the adware problems as well.
Detecting the Malware
The Rootkit malware is difficult to detect, which means that traditional anti-virus software and scans may not be able to rid the malware from your computer. You can use a Kaspersky utility to scan and detect the malware; this scan takes just a few minutes to run and can help rid it from your computer.

On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:54 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:

> Mike, are you saying you see links in the descriptions of TV listings?  I wondered if it was the craze for putting ads everywhere, or just my problem.
> 
> I don't think my Google problem is random ads, because I point to the link I want before entering, and I've tried insert-escape or insert-tab to be sure Jaws is seeing what it's saying. Unless Google is randomly taking over.
> Tracy
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] web browser problem?
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> 
>> tracy:
>> These links are not a problem. It is current fashion to make a link be only part of a sentence. Contrary to current thinking, it is the sighted, not the blind, who have problems with object permanence. They can't remember where their backarrow or scroll keys are. Thus, they usually want to sea links both at top and bottom of page. The paradigm of one link equals one line is far in the cyberpast.
>> As for your Google problem. I suspect the page is drawn differently and dynamically each time you do a search. Until the Internet goes back to having NSF run the backbone, which, I suspect will be never, we are stuck with randomly-placed ads and their whole reason for being is *not* to be easily ignored which they could be were their page placement predictable.
>> Ah, free enterprise!
>> 
>> Mike Freeman
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:30, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, or what to do about it.  I have been having a problem with Google, where, the first time I get results and choose a link, I get a bunch of ads instead of what I want.  The second time I try, I get the link I want.  This is despite using various ways to be sure I'm actually on the link I think I am, recommended by this list before.  I think it is something called "click&jump".  Anyway, I disabled 3rd party cookies, and installed Spybot Search & Destroy, which hunted out a number of minor threats. The problem persists, but not as bad.
>>> My question is this:
>>> When I go to a website, I see a lot of what seem to me to be extra links, which I bet would go to ads, if I clicked on them.
>>> For example, on NFB Newsline Online, at the bottom, there is a bit that says "contact by phone:" and the number.  For me, "phone" is a separate link. This doesn't seem right, and it makes reading pages kind of a pain, since there are a lot of lines with these odd links.
>>> Another example is, if I'm reading the TV listings on Newsline, and, say, the show description says "the team investigates an insurance salesman who may be a serial killer", "insurance" will be a link.
>>> 
>>> Does anyone know what I'm talking about, and if it's a problem, and, if so, what to do about it?
>>> Thanks.
>>> Tracy
>>> 
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