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- Bert
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When I click on links(any) on the scirra website, randomly(maybe 5%) I get taken to a different local advertisement website. This is on Scirra website only and has happened to me at both home and work. Is this intensional? Do you have a virus of sorts?
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- Tom Construct Team Founder
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Hi Bert,

No link should take you to an advertising website. We don't run any adverts on this site at the moment. It sounds like you have adware or a virus on your computer(s).

I recommend you run CCleaner:

http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER

As well as a full, up to date virus scan, AVG is a free virus scanner:

http://www.avg.com/gb-en/trustav_bt_ppc?ctype=ppc_uk_gs_0002_trustav-test219&wm_crID=8717166&wm_lpID=41240328&wm_ctID=383&wm_kwID=17360838&wm_mtID=3&wm_content=0&wm_g_crID=8250755199&wm_g_kw=AVG&wm_g_pcmt=&wm_g_cnt=0&wm_kw=AVG&wm_sd=1

Let me know if this solves it for you!
- Bert
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Okay. but please understand that this only happens on scirra.com links... meaning no other websites do this on either computers.
- Tom Construct Team Founder
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That's very strange behaviour, but I can assure you that we do not have anything on the site that would link to advertisers like that.

If your scans come up with any adware/viruses etc, could you be so kind as to let us know the names of them?

Also, can you remember installing any toolbars etc that might have caused this?
- Tom Construct Team Founder
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Ash has reminded me I need to remove viglink from the forum (which I have). These should still take you to an expected URL though.
- Bert
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I just ran CCleaner. And this computer already had McAfee running I guess, so I scanned it again, nothing came up.
- Bert
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It seems to happen on any links, not just forum stuff, for example it just happened when I clicked the link to download the lastest software. But then I go back and click the same link and it works fine.
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It really does sound like adware, if you go to windows, add/remove programs, do you see anything you don't recognise? Any toolbars for example?
- zenox98
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Sounds like either malware/trojan hijacking, which could be nasty. As no-one else is reporting this issue, and I've never had a problem (other than the odd dead link), the problem must be with your machine.

I have Kaspersky, but even they recommend using Malwarebytes's anti malware free edition from HERE if you think you have a trojan. It's free, so nothing to lose, and it can't hurt :)
- Bert
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Malwarebytes said 0 infections, I uninstalled a Yahoo & Bing toolbar, so I guess I will see if it still happens.