# Uh.... Why is my "Straight Dope" banner showing up like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 6, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654 "2007-08-06T17:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/1 "2007-08-06T17:47:34Z")
… The one at the top of the page. It’s turned in to a picture of a few women. [Screenshot](http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=e6f9a0b5e64d.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/2 "2007-08-06T18:41:38Z")
Dunno, but I recognize that screenshot to be a capture from some Jessica Simpson video. It came out sometime in the last year and was all over the gossip rags because she was making out with an ice cream cone. Eva Longhoria and Christina Applegate are in the video as well. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/3 "2007-08-06T18:52:22Z")
…must…download…video… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/4 "2007-08-06T19:41:39Z")
[QUOTE=St\_Ides] … The one at the top of the page. It’s turned in to a picture of a few women. [Screenshot](http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=e6f9a0b5e64d.jpg) [/QUOTE] Methinks something nefarious has been downloaded to your computer. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2007, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/5 "2007-08-06T19:45:55Z")
But not here and not by us; you’re being redirected. Cleanup time on your computer, I’m afraid ---
**Author:** ![St\_Ides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@St\_Ides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St_Ides)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/6 "2007-08-07T03:43:32Z")
Well, it disappeared after I left the computer alone for a while (and closed/opened Firefox) Not a hint of malware on this PC, according to all the scanners. (Aside from the standard cookies) Nothing else has been affected at all. I run this thing pretty locked down. I run NoScript (I only allow scripts on sites I trust) and keep it as secure as I possibly can. I’m pretty security conscious. I really have no idea where that came from (or went to). Wierd. ---
**Author:** ![jacquilynne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jacquilynne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacquilynne)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/7 "2007-08-07T03:54:00Z")
I occasionally find that Firefox mixes up my favicons when pulling them up out of the cache. If it goes away and doesn’t come back, it’s possible that Firefox has just pulled some other image you loaded recently rather than the SD header image. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/8 "2007-08-07T12:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=jacquilynne] I occasionally find that Firefox mixes up my favicons when pulling them up out of the cache. [/QUOTE] That’s a known bug. This is something much different. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/9 "2007-08-07T22:46:45Z")
Jessica Simpson and fighting ignorance go together like… ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/10 "2007-08-07T23:50:31Z")
like… …Bushism Ringtones? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-why-is-my-straight-dope-banner-showing-up-like-this/414654/11 "2007-08-10T16:13:40Z")
When I briefly looked at the screenshot in the OP, my McAfee Site Advisor leapt into action, warning me that something called paypopup was attempting to modify my PC. I don’t entirely understand that, but I’m telling you what happened. Now, I’m off to run three of my malware bashers.