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golfsferr

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Please help, I keep getting these annoying link description boxes. Sometimes there are 2 or 3 of them on my page that I'm trying to read. How do I get rid of them. I have googled this several times and tried many suggestion that I've found but nothing is working. Thanks for your help. Example is below.
 

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leeshor

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I'm not certain what the other prompts are but that one looks a little suspicious. I would install Malwarebytes and do a scan to be certain you don't have something running that shouldn't be there.
 
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golfsferr

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Thanks for your feedback.
I have actually done a malware scan and found nothing of consequences. The prompt I showed you came up when I clicked on a link in AOL of some funny pictures that people have taken. They pop up on all kinds of innocent links. But I'll do another scan. Thanks.
 

leeshor

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Are you syncing anything to the cloud, like OneDrive?

What are some of the other prompts?
 

malberttoo

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Does it still happen if you use a different browser? Have you gone through your Control Panel> Programs and Features, and looked for anything suspicious?
 
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golfsferr

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I looked in programs and didn't see anything I didn't put there on purpose.
It seems to happen in explorer and chrome. That's all I use. At the moment it's not happening as much as usual which seems to always happen when one "goes to the doctor". When it's bad I'll have 2 or 3 of them on the screen and can't see what I want to see. Thanks
 
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