# What up with the advertisements? **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-up-with-the-advertisements/37849 "2012-05-18T00:24:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![turtleyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@turtleyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/turtleyo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-up-with-the-advertisements/37849/1 "2012-05-18T00:24:54Z")
I just got on one day and all of the words have advertisements attached to them… ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-up-with-the-advertisements/37849/2 "2012-05-18T17:20:27Z")
> [@turtleyo](#): > > I just got on one day and all of the words have advertisements attached to them… You have a virus or adware/spyware installed. Get anti-virus software, use a broadband router and run Spybot Search & Destroy as soon as possible. ---
**Author:** ![theroybit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theroybit/32/752_2.png) [@theroybit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/theroybit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-up-with-the-advertisements/37849/3 "2012-05-18T17:48:10Z")
If it  is real bad you might need to run Windows Defender Offline. > **[Help protect my PC with Microsoft Defender Offline - Microsoft Support](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/help-protect-my-pc-with-microsoft-defender-offline-9306d528-64bf-4668-5b80-ff533f183d6c)** > > Learn how to use Microsoft Defender Offline to help remove malicious software and other potential threats. I have used it and it worked great. It will walk you thru all the steps. Try what Studio42 said first, and if that doesn’t work then try this. ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-up-with-the-advertisements/37849/4 "2012-05-21T00:57:00Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > > [@turtleyo](#): > > > > I just got on one day and all of the words have advertisements attached to them… > > You have a virus or adware/spyware installed. Get anti-virus software, use a broadband router and run Spybot Search & Destroy as soon as possible. Yep, It’s you. No problems on my end.