painterman67 Posted February 9, 2013 #1 Posted February 9, 2013 been noticing a lot of highlighted words in the thread post. I set my cursor over one and Vig link shhows. I did some resaerch on how to remove it and aparantly its not on my laptop. All reports say its on either the host site or on the net itself. Is this something I should worry about or just ignore it. Im only getting these on this site. Are any other members seeing this? Thanks in advance David
Eck Posted February 9, 2013 #2 Posted February 9, 2013 I dont see any highlighted words or areas in any posts unless I click and drag to highlight.
XV1100SE Posted February 9, 2013 #3 Posted February 9, 2013 Try this link - http://www.viglink.com/support/optout I had links showing up on mine as well on VR.org and after clicking on "disable" they disappeared.
Flyinfool Posted February 9, 2013 #4 Posted February 9, 2013 HA! Looks like we both posted the same question at the same time. You just type faster.
IH Truck Guy Posted February 9, 2013 #5 Posted February 9, 2013 Yep,I'm getting them on most of the forums I'm on... Shari must have been on the porn sites again......:rotfl:
Freebird Posted February 9, 2013 #6 Posted February 9, 2013 Yes folks. It's something new that I added. It is legit and is not a virus of any kind. If it bothers a lot of people, I'll get rid of it but basically what it does is watches for key words and if, for example, somebody posts an item that is available from a certain set of vendors such as Amazon, it will link that item to a place that you can purchase it. If somebody uses it and purchases an item, the site gets a small commission on it. I don't think it will amount to much but it was free to try so I decided to give it a shot.
IH Truck Guy Posted February 9, 2013 #7 Posted February 9, 2013 Thanks Don,now I have to go tell Shari I'm sorry..... I don't mind them,just glad to know it's legit.....
Freebird Posted February 9, 2013 #8 Posted February 9, 2013 It seems that too many people have a problem with them so I got rid of them. Sorry about that. I didn't think it was a big deal because I see them all the time. Even big sites like Fox News and most other news sites have them.
XV1100SE Posted February 9, 2013 #9 Posted February 9, 2013 It was easy enough to opt out by going to the link I posted. If it makes a few bucks for the site I'm fine with it... and for those that don't want to see the links, all they have to do is go to the link and click on the button.
painterman67 Posted February 10, 2013 Author #10 Posted February 10, 2013 thats what I did . Opted out. Didnt bother me so much as I was worried I might have picked up a virus and was speading it to others in some way. I am in no way a tech geek and wasnt sure. I say leave it on if it helps. David
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