Is it me

[craig7501]

or is anyone seeing this pop up on eBid?

It appears where the wording 'Business' and 'Free' are appearing on the about me page and on the invoice

[somersethedge]

no not my "my ebid" pages craig.... but I have seen it on other sites throughout the net.... it is a form of click through advertising, which I presume would earn ebid some money if you click on it

[shelleywelley]

If it were me, I would be running all the scans going, especially antispyware. Those links can be a sign that your browser may have been hijacked. I've checked my "about me" page and the word business isn't hyperlinked.

[bykimbo]

You've installed Play Sushi on your machine and handed over the right to display ads whenever it feels like it.

"A very common example of a current adware program is from Play Sushi. In order to play the sushi games for free the user installs a program that shows intext ads on websites. While the program is easy to remove via the add remove programs many people were unaware they even installed such a product. However if you read the Play Sushi website it does state clearly that you agree to install the software in order to play the games."

[Spyder1942]

Dodgy sites again eh?

[somersethedge]

thanks kimbo.... didnt know that

[craig7501]

That's the thing, I've not installed play sushi on my lappy. The ads only appeared this afternoon

[bykimbo]

That's the thing, I've not installed play sushi on my lappy. The ads only appeared this afternoon

Since I wasn't there, I can't assert you're wrong. But the evidence suggests you may be mistaken.

[craig7501]

Don't know what's happened, but the ads have disappeared now, I went out at 3:30pm came back checked and no pop ups.

[AustinComics]

POP UP ads are based on surfing habits.

Ironically, I've had 'Feebay' banners pop up here on Ebid. Be cool to reciprocate that ;-)