Kaj_Sotala comments on A brief history of ethically concerned scientists - Less Wrong

68 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 09 February 2013 05:50AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 09 February 2013 07:17:27AM 1 point [-]

They are? Which ones?

Comment author: MaoShan 10 February 2013 03:06:26AM 1 point [-]

The word "pay" in paragraph 1, the word "details" in paragraph 5, and the word "money" in paragraph 7. It's possible that either my computer or the LW site has some very creative adware.

Comment author: pjeby 10 February 2013 03:21:08AM 7 points [-]

Since the words you mention don't have any links, it's got to be your computer, or a proxy between your computer and LW.

Comment author: Kawoomba 10 February 2013 06:20:37AM 13 points [-]

It's your computer.

Congratulations, it is pregnant.

Comment author: Nornagest 10 February 2013 07:46:06AM *  2 points [-]

Like fubarubfusco says below, this is probably a malware issue. I saw something similar when a disk recovery program I didn't vet thoroughly enough infected me with a searchbar package that I'll leave nameless; MalwareBytes took care of most of it for me, though I had to do a little cleanup work myself.

It should probably be mentioned that most widespread antivirus packages won't catch this sort of thing; you need something that casts a broader net.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 10 February 2013 07:16:16AM 1 point [-]

Your computer probably has a badware problem. If you are running Windows, try anti-spyware programs such as Spybot. Otherwise, check your browser proxy settings and browser extensions ....

Comment author: MaoShan 11 February 2013 12:54:24AM 2 points [-]

I think it actually may have been an add-on that was intentionally (or just carelessly) installed into Firefox by another family member. I can shut it off myself. Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups? (facepalm)

Comment author: CCC 11 February 2013 07:30:32AM *  3 points [-]

Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups?

Depends how it's marketed. Or whether the person downloading it knew what they were downloading. Or even that they were downloading/installing something.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2013 07:41:55PM 0 points [-]

Seriously, who would download a program that explicitly promises more popups?

(emphasis added)

Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2013 07:43:24PM 2 points [-]

(Again, I should stop replying to comments without reading their ancestors first.)

Comment author: [deleted] 10 February 2013 05:33:38AM *  0 points [-]

I didn't find them either