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On my browsers, links are created on random words within a text and when I hover over them a small ad window pops up, which is quite annoying.

I read here that this is called Intellitxt and that webmasters add them to pages intentionally and that to turn them off I can disable Javascript for those pages. But that's not a good idea for me as these Intellitxts appear almost on every page for me, including on stackoverflow.com and I might break other things by disabling Javascript.

It's hard to believe that someone thought that this would be a good feature to add to their website, moreover, my colleague doesn't get them on his computer on the same websites where I get them.

Does anyone know another way of how to get rid of these? Here's an example of one. When I hover over the word "open" this ad window pops up.

ps.: I'm using Windows 7 Professional, and my browsers are Google Chrome 22.0.1 and I.E. 9.

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If they are occurring on sites like stackoverflow it's most likely from a browser extension or some type of malware installed on your computer.

Start by looking at the enabled browser extensions and disabling those you don't recognize. Then find a good spyware and anti-virus program and run those.

It was apparently a Google Chrome extension called Savings Sidekick. I disabled that and I don't get the links anymore.

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Does this happend everywhere? If so you probably got some malware. If not, try Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey, there is a version for Chrome.

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Could you link to the add-ons/extensions you recommend, and clarify how the OP should use them? Also, if this is a case of malware, how would he go about getting rid of it? – Indrek Oct 16 '12 at 20:38
@Indrek - Why should he link to the add-ons? He indicated they were Firefox ( clearly based on the face its Greasemonkey ) and indicates there is a version for Chrome that exists. – Ramhound Oct 17 '12 at 11:42
@Ramhound Simply so as to provide a complete answer. While it may be obvious to you and me where to find the add-ons, it may not be so for the OP, or future visitors to this question. – Indrek Oct 17 '12 at 11:54
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I went to Extensions (On Mac OS X, Window menu > Extensions; also accessible through Preferences, or CMD-",") and deleted "Torrent Handler" ... I don't think I installed that recently (or someone else, like my boyfriend could have), but either way the links are gone! They were really getting annoying, and I thought Adblock would stop them, but it didn't. Hope this helps. :)

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Similar to above response, I found an extension running titled "Solid Savings" in Chrome. After clicking the trash can and deleting it the ads went away.

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The in text links are something that is installed in your Internet program, so while in the Internet go into your tools and click extensions and then un-click and re-click all extensions to find the culprit.

It is a little repetitive, but I was so glad to have removed the add extension.

This should fix any problems you are having.

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