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Question Posted Friday July 22 2005, 9:15 pm

ok for some reason on my xanga site everytime i write the word a** it changes into a link (a pron link) i dont know why it does it i delete the site and it goes back.. and then in another entry i wrote the word movie and it changed into a theater link and i dont know why this is happening.. does anyone know if it is from my computer or is because of my layout or what can i do to stop it.. someone please help me!! thanks

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ncblondie answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:53 pm:
It sounds like you either have a virus or some spyware. Run a full system scan with your anti-virus. Follow up by running a scan with Spybot(www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html) and then running a scan with Ad Aware (www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html). If it finds any infection with these programs, it will offer you the option of repairing them. Both programs are free.

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TheOldOne answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:49 pm:
Your system is infected with a virus, trojan, or exploit of some kind.

That's not good.

This may or may not work, but I'd suggest the following: download and install these programs (they're all free).

Ad-aware from Lavasoft - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

Spybot-Search & Destroy - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

SpywareBlaster - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

And if you don't have an antivirus program that is being updated DAILY, you might want to uninstall your old antivirus program and install AntiVir - [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)

Once you've installed those programs, update each one of them - they make it pretty easy and obvious. You need to get them fully up to date. Then run a full system scan with each progam (except SpywareBlaster, which doesn't have a scan option - it just blocks spyware).

This MIGHT save your system. I've used that combination of programs successfully on several systems (not mine, they belonged to some friends), and they've pretty much brought those computers back from the dead.

If that doesn't work, the problem is probably sunk pretty deeply into your registry - and that's pretty serious. I once successfully cleaned my registry, but it's very tricky. I would recommend getting someone who really knows what they're doing to do it for you. But try the other programs first.

To avoid this problem in the future make sure to keep all of your protective software updated at least weekly, if not more often. And scan when you update.

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Mackenzie answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:48 pm:
I'm not really shore. If you link me to your page, I can look through the layout to see if I can find a problem... s'up to you. :)

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DancinCutie08 answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:26 pm:
its a search engine doing that. the only thing you can do it try to block it from your comp or block it on the search engine you use. i no there is a way to fix it but im not 100 percent sure on how to do it. its like that because either someone keeps using a bad search engine( the kinds that tend to cause viruses) or someone search for the word on the internet several times

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tasuki answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:25 pm:
You probably have a virus. My friend had a virus that did that, too.

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SweetxxIntoxication answered Friday July 22 2005, 9:20 pm:
this happens to me too sometimes, and i have no idea why it happens. but i think it may have to do with certain layouts. cause i noticed that, that happened with one layout, but not the other. its weird. what kind of layout do you use?
just try and type the word in a different way maybe if it keeps up.

sorry, this isnt very good advice. lol.

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