Jelly2003 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 I noticed that on the front page of Neowin, and sometimes in news stories, there are some words hi-lighted orange. When I hover over them, a sponsored link opens up. Is this some kind of advertising that Neowin has put intentionally inside the site, or am I imfected with spyware? I never notice it on any other site, and I'm using Firefox, so I find it unlikely that I have been infected with spyware. Just to be sure I thought I'd ask ya'll if you get the same thing. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypoxiaicon Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Yeah, its normal. Server side related advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goheels681 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 It's most likely spyware. Try typing a post made up of only the words "email address" and try to preview it. It will likely come up orange in the preview field and you will know it's spyware. :crazy: I TRY to help, but SOMEONE has to beat me to it! :crazy: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goheels681 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 If it's normal, how come I don't get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLdFuSi0n Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 it's normal Neowin advertisement, I only get it when using Windows not in OS X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 yeah i get it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelly2003 Posted July 13, 2004 Author Share Posted July 13, 2004 Alrighty, I thought it was just advertisting, but wanted to make sure. I'm always so carefull with spyware, so I thought it was strange that somthing could have gotten on there. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted July 13, 2004 MVC Share Posted July 13, 2004 I don't think it is normal, most likely adware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasteo Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It's totally normal. If you don't see it then either your Java Script in the browser was blocked or you are using AdBlock extension and block "http://www.vibrantmedia.com". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 nice. the adblock will block those? adblock is my favorite firefox plugin. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It's usually only seen in IE, but recently I've seen that email one show up in Firefox. :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rahul Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 can any of the moderators tell us that is it normal or we need to run spy sweeper again !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotix Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It used to be IE only, but they got it to work in other browsers now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chode Posted July 13, 2004 Share Posted July 13, 2004 It's usually only seen in IE, but recently I've seen that email one show up in Firefox. :s I've never seen it in Opera :shifty: [/troll] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted July 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 13, 2004 It used to be IE only, but VibrantMedia added Firefox support to the script. Up until a little bit ago it gave error messages in FX, because their scripting was incorrect, but now it seems to have been cleared up. And remember, ads are the #1 source of income for Neowin. Without such income this website would fade into nothing, blocking ads prevents us from getting such income. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F. Administrators Posted July 13, 2004 Administrators Share Posted July 13, 2004 (edited) can any of the moderators tell us that is it normal or we need to run spy sweeper again !!! its normall, called intellitext and yes its advertising. And yes it used to only work in IE, should now start working with other browsers too Edit: ^ like he sai;);) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted July 13, 2004 Veteran Share Posted July 13, 2004 I just love it when I beat the admins to something :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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