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[Closed] Add this? Privacy Badger?

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What's this new "Add This" icon on every post I'm seeing? Does anyone else get it?

It claims to be a "Privacy Badger", whatever that might be.

It's a very annoying bright red colour. Can I turn it off?


 
Posted : 19/07/2014 7:34 am
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you have malware by the sounds of it, or have unwittingly installing something.

edit: look like its an addon for chrome /mozilla, so if you have installed without full consent (cheeky hidden checkbox etc) disable it in extension settings.


 
Posted : 19/07/2014 7:52 am
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Privacy Badger is legitimate from the EFF; unless it's malware [i]calling [/i]itself PB, I'd be surprised if it's been installed surreptitiously.

Worth running a [url= http://www.malwarebytes.org ]malware[/url] scan to be sure, but you can probably just ininstall it from Control Panel like any other software.


 
Posted : 19/07/2014 8:34 am
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Yup, I installed it myself a while ago and then forgot about it.

Looks like STW has triggered it, though I'm not sure how. I think it means [s]Skynet[/s] STW is tracking me.


 
Posted : 19/07/2014 10:59 am
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probably just stopping the STW ads


 
Posted : 19/07/2014 11:48 am