# Really annoying virus/trojan/spy ware...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-annoying-virus-trojan-spy-ware/213657>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-annoying-virus-trojan-spy-ware/213657 "2003-11-17T06:49:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-annoying-virus-trojan-spy-ware/213657/1 "2003-11-17T06:49:36Z")

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Whatever it is, it’s bugging the hell out of me, and Norton and Ad-Aware can’t seem to find it.

It turns key words on a webpage - hot and wing, for a couple - into links. The links go to ad sites. So far as I can tell, it’s not harmful, but it’s extremely irritating, especially since it’s taken over a couple of links on regular pages that I did want to follow.

Does anyone have any idea what it is and how to get rid of it?

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**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-annoying-virus-trojan-spy-ware/213657/2 "2003-11-17T06:58:43Z")

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Is it similar to [this problem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=223568)? Must be making the rounds lately.