Links on topics

[Scottie 5]

Hi I recently changed from wanadoo/orange to sky broadband.

Being not too brilliant with computers,I have found when I click

on a link in a topic the link doesn't open.Had no problem before.

Thanks for any info,

Scottie

[Cennn3 0]

Has it got a pop up blocker installed on it? You might find that might be blocking your links from opening. It is probably in your McAfee security software, i think that comes free with sky. Disable it and see if your links work, i am sure you can set it so it will let your links work but as i do not have it i cannot tell you how to do it.

Edited May 18, 2007 by Cennn3

[joekicker 53]

Has it got a pop up blocker installed on it? You might find that might be blocking your links from opening. It is probably in your McAfee security software, i think that comes free with sky. Disable it and see if your links work, i am sure you can set it so it will let your links work but as i do not have it i cannot tell you how to do it.

 

Is that "free" as in STD?

 

Unbelievable. Sky really "gives" you this disease? Good grief! If my ISP tried to install McAfee I would ditch that company so fast. If your computer is accidentally infected with that horrible viral "program" the only solution is to format the drive and start all over.

[Scottie 5]

Hi,Thanks for the replies.I didn't take up the offer of free security from mcafee

I'm still using Norton

Scottie

[vidman 2]

listen out for a small clicking noise and that means there is indeed a pop up blocker working (it may be something on the toolbar like google etc).

 

To test this just hold down the "ctrl" key when clicking the link. This temporarily disables the block.

[Scottie 5]

Thanks for the replies.Holding down the control key opens the link on the top panel

and can be opened o.k

Scottie

[joekicker 53]

Hi,Thanks for the replies.I didn't take up the offer of free security from mcafee

I'm still using Norton

 

Ah yes, Norton. Remember very well when it had good stuff. That was back in the last century, though.... well, actually the last millennium I guess it was, before it started making viruses and protecting security instead of handing out employee ID information and locking up "customer" computers.

 

BEIJING (AFP) - Millions of Chinese computers may have been paralysed by a faulty anti-virus update from Symantec, the world's largest security software provider, state media reported Thursday.

 

An automatic update to the Chinese version of the Norton anti-virus software sent out last Friday identified two critical files of the Microsoft XP operating system as malicious codes and deleted them, the China Daily said.

 

Millions of computer systems collapsed as a result, with users unable to restart their computers or reinstall their operating systems, according to an earlier report by Xinhua news agency.

 

 

Alleged "wits" can insert mandatory Microsoft joke here:

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Edited May 25, 2007 by joekicker