windfish
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Joined: September 05, 2012
Posts: 1126
Location: NC
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 Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:41 pm Post subject: Link changes |
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Bit of an odd thing.
Noticed it on my work Windows 7 computer, was concerned something got me. Firefox and Chrome affected.
Tested on my Macbook at home and it does the same thing.
Also affects my iPhone.
I posted a link to a gauge on Amazon. Once posted it'll change to a link to Rakuten, same product.
Went to edit the post and it still says Amazon. Hit "Preview" and -
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=640495
If this makes money for theSamba directing traffic to Rakuten then eh. /shrug.
It's the same product, I don't really care.
Otherwise, I doubt my work computer, home Macintosh, and iPhone are all affected by the same malware.
Which suggests something is on the server that shouldn't be. |
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EverettB 
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Joined: April 11, 2000
Posts: 69809
Location: Phoenix Metro
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| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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First, thanks for noticing this and bringing it to my attention.
Yes, the site does have a program that lets the site get a small bit of income from some outgoing links.
I was not aware it was changing links from one web site to another like that though.
This is not something I want to occur.
I found a setting in the banner program I am using that caused this and have turned this "feature" off.
Your link and any others that were affected are now back to normal.
I think this only affected links to amazon.com but it may have been others too.
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