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Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me

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In message <eksh0sFib7fU3@mid.individual.net> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-04-08, licensedtoquill@gmail.com <licensedtoquill@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Does anyone know what it means when whatever I am working on suddenly
>> stops and my screen transfers to Chrome, and a new tab opens at
>> https://www.tamgrt.com/RT with MISSING PIXEL ID in courier on the
>> page?
>>
>> (This is nothing to do with TripAdvisor which I never use)

Well, that *IS* related to Trip Advisor, so whether you use it or ot,
something on your system is using it.

Have you tried checking Chrome for addons? Setting Safari as your
default browser?

> 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.

Registrant Email: hostmaster@tripadvisor.com

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Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 08:37 -0700
  Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-08 16:21 +0000
    Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 20:32 -0700
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 03:38 +0000
        Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-08 20:56 -0700
          Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 04:02 +0000
            Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-09 05:43 -0700
              Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 15:26 +0000
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-04-09 15:59 +1200
    Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-09 14:39 +0000
      Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 15:27 +0000
        Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-09 18:28 +0000
          Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-09 19:36 +0000
            Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-10 05:21 -0700
              Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-10 13:33 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-10 10:22 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-10 18:16 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-11 06:55 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-11 10:26 -0400
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-11 14:41 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-11 10:52 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-11 20:01 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me licensedtoquill@gmail.com - 2017-04-12 11:36 -0700
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-04-13 01:35 +0000
                Re: Something not particularly dangerous (?) is annoying the heck out of me Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-04-12 08:22 +0000

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