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Is is just me, or is anyone else getting slide-ins at the bottom of the DSXchange screen (flogging PhpBB forum, design by Vjacheslav Trushkin, etc) and occasional slide-in advertisements on the right-hand side?

I'll try using a different browser (currently using IE9).

Does anyone know how to disable this?
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I haven't seen that. I'm on IE8 and IE9
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Not seeing it either and on IE9 as well.
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I'm on Firefox and I'm not seeing it.

Some less reputable ISP's are doing slide in advertising as revenue generators.

This can occur at both ends of the web pipe.
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I'm on Firefox and I'm not seeing it.

Some less reputable ISP's are doing slide in advertising as revenue generators.

This can occur at both ends of the web pipe.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

This particular slide in is purely DSXchange-related.
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They all link back to this very thread!!!
And there's a search tool that I'm really reluctant to try.
There's a cancel X which makes it go away, but it's back again as soon as you open a new screen.
There also seems to be a Twitter button, but it's not active - at least not apparently.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

Thismakes interesting reading.

Maybe time for a Malware scan. McAfee found nothing untoward.
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Google Chrome - no slide-ins either.

Sounds like you've got malware!
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A full malware scan revealed "no issues".
A full anti-virus scan revealed "no issues".
Weird.
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This week whatever it is is intercepting certain key words such as Job and converting them into hyperlinks that pop up advertising sites.

It's only on my laptop; I can still DSXchange from work and from other computers.

Further investigation is clearly needed!
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Also, when I enable InPrivate browsing (which, among other things, blocks cookies) the problem does not occur.

Perhaps I'll try purging all Internet history including cookies.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

Turns out it was a "harmless" ad server (not malware). Still don't know how it got onto my laptop - suspect it was one of the hotel "connection" web pages, but can't prove it. Anyway, their software showed up in Add/Remove Programs, so I did. All good since.
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