[ Ad Size ] what's this?

[Tim L.]

I can't recall what I might have done that causes the [Ad Size]
instead of certain links to show up on web pages... even my own!
They are not consistent... some ads show up and others don't, but
it's become very annoying. I checked my browser security and
privacy settings, Outpost Firewall settings, NOD32 Anti Virus
settings and cannot find anything related to blocking ads. I ran
Spybot and AdAware and cannot find any settings there to allow
ads within web pages and html mail. I used to receive solicited
ads from RJ Reynolds, but can no longer view their HTML Ads. I
do get some HTML mail with no problem that also contain ads.
One of the links is on one of my own web pages which is simply an
image link to an email address, but the resulting is [AD-SIZE]
instead of the image!?

<A HREF="MAILTO:[email protected]"><IMG SRC="images/globe.gif"
WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" border=0></A>

Any ideas here?
Thanks
Tim

 

[Mike Burgess]

Tim,
Looks to me like either some kind of pop-up blocker replacement,
or your system has some kind of adware installed?

Run HijackThis and see if you can spot something ......
Go to: http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/
Download "Hijack This!" [freeware] or download direct (below):
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/files/hijackthis.zip

Unzip, double-click "HijackThis.exe" and Press "Scan".

When the scan is finished, the "Scan" button will change into a "Save Log"
button.
Click: "Save Log" (generates: "hijackthis.log")
[if needed]
Next, go to the below location:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/

Sign in, go to the "Spyware and Hijackware Removal" section.
Press "New Topic", copy and paste hijackthis.log into your new message.
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Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
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