Strange links auto-creating

In a post I made in the "Mam vs ms" thread, something rather strange happened. I typed the words "aunts and uncles" as part of my post because it referred to something the previous poster had said. I just noticed that those three words had changed to blue and were now a hyperlink. I clicked on it and it took me to the Amazon website, to a book called "Aunts and Uncles". I certainly didn't make it a hyperlink when I wrote the post. I've edited the post now and removed the link but I wondered if this is a one-off weird event, or a proper glitch.

Thanks.

I suspect you have a little gremlin. I've had that happen to me. Not the most malicious of spyware, but a quick scan should find it and get rid of it.

I've checked the thread and it has no link for me- it sounds like malware or a virus. I'd get scanning. Try doing a boot scan.

Try using a Linux based operating system. You know it makes sense.;-)

As I said, I edited the post to get rid of the link and as far as I know, it hasn't happened since. I regularly scan for adware and malware (even though I'm on a Mac!) and nothing found.

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Originally Posted by bhaisahab

Try using a Linux based operating system. You know it makes sense.;-)

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A Linux user- which one?

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Originally Posted by Tdol

A Linux user- which one?

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Ubuntu 12.10. It's the latest edition. I've been using Ubuntu for the last 4 years, it's great!

I used that then moved to Kubuntu, which I really liked, but have had some trouble with the latest, so may be going back to Ubuntu, though am looking around a bit first.

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Originally Posted by Tdol

I used that then moved to Kubuntu, which I really liked, but have had some trouble with the latest, so may be going back to Ubuntu, though am looking around a bit first.

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The only other one I've used is Suze and I had a lot of compatibility problems with it. I'm very happy with Ubuntu.

The strange auto-link thing is back! If you look at my first thread here, you will see that the words "spirit level" have become a link. When you click on it, it takes you to eBay, to a page of spirit levels for sale!

I've checked all my settings, I have no malware or adware running, my machine is clean and yet it's happened again.

I've left the link in there for now, just in case you all thought I was making it up. ;-)