Post by Geoff & Jude on Jun 12, 2017 19:44:58 GMT 10
If you find that links within this forum are being high-jacked and you are re-directed to sites that you had not intended visiting, then your computer has been attacked by a (harmless) website called viglink, which interrogates your hyperlink and redirects it to other commercial websites that have some remote connection to the website you are trying to open.
in their words, viglink "identifies commercial products mentioned within a publisher’s content, and automatically invigorates those terms by transforming them into hyperlinks whose destinations are determined in real-time, advertiser-bid auctions."
you can disable the viglink connection at this website (it is quite safe to do so).
www.viglink.com/opt-out/
the disable is not permanent, so you might need to opt-out again in a week or so or when you find viglink has taken over your hyperlinks again.
i keep the opt-out site in my bookmarks for easy access.
geoff 'n jude
in their words, viglink "identifies commercial products mentioned within a publisher’s content, and automatically invigorates those terms by transforming them into hyperlinks whose destinations are determined in real-time, advertiser-bid auctions."
you can disable the viglink connection at this website (it is quite safe to do so).
www.viglink.com/opt-out/
the disable is not permanent, so you might need to opt-out again in a week or so or when you find viglink has taken over your hyperlinks again.
i keep the opt-out site in my bookmarks for easy access.
geoff 'n jude