Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Date: 9 Apr 2017 15:27:42 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <9a19aed1-ec38-4345-9019-fa4a46626b44@googlegroups.com> X-Trace: individual.net T8VhHoiSdFR6GhN6GlTM8AGwCi3Xhe1009LRzc7o7NWfpodukJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:gKt9ZPbG6lcigeirvN/r7es36vU= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:103859 On 2017-04-09, Lewis wrote: > In message Jolly Roger wrote: > >> What OS version are you running? It's possible you've installed some >> software that came bundled with adware. Run MalwareBytes and get rid of >> anything it identifies. And in the future, be more careful about what >> you download and where you download it. Use safe computing practices >> (including keeping your system up to date, and refraining from >> downloading software from untrustworthy sources) and this won't happen. > > Good advice in general, but I don't think Trip Advisor is a malware > site. I didn't say it was a malware site; and he can have adware installed without Trip Advisor being a malware site. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR