News

Ahem.

So far I've had two submissions come through where all of the highlighted text, instead of using the tags for bold and italic, instead was using links to a spyware site. This is a major no-no, and I don't want to see it ever again. I don't know if this is happening because the site offers some kind of promotional benefit or if it's not intentional on the part of the author, but any stories with such links will be deleted no matter how wonderful they might be otherwise. I don't want to take away the ability of the rest of the users to put in links to harmless things, like a fanart site or their livejournals, just because a few people are causing problems.

Posted by Mynuet on Nov 14, 2004 03:12 am (2 Comments)
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Mynuet - If I may offer a suggestion . . I'm fairly certain it may be unintentional, because it's happened to my stories on other sites. I think those links may be added in by spyware programs on the reader's computer.

If any of you think you have spyware/adware on your computer, I've found a good way to get rid of it. It's free, and I promise, I do [i]not[/i] work for these people. Go to www.lavasoftusa.com and download Adaware Personal. Once you've installed it, you may need to run it every couple of days.

We work in the computer/internet industry, and it has been a lifesaver for us and our customers. And let me tell ya, spyware sucks worse than spam [b]ever[/b] did.

Hope this helps.

Sue Bridehead @ Nov 14, 2004 07:16 am


I have LAVASoft installed on my PC and it definitely helps. You may be surprised on how many things are on your drives.

medea @ Nov 19, 2004 02:46 am