Care to explain what's going on here?

[loco365]

So, I'm getting these odd spam-like text insertions in this post:

The links on both them are innocent enough, https://gbatemp.net/#, but I'm not sure why they're showing. I don't have any rogue extensions, I have ABP running with no issues, and there's no viruses on my computer (I just did a scan a day ago). What's up with these?

 

[Foxi4]

I'm seeing the same stuff in that post, I'm guessing user error or butter fingers on a smartphone.

 

[gudenau]

Could be for emphases aswell, those bits stick out.

 

[loco365]

Could be for emphases aswell, those bits stick out.

But why is there an image depicting an external link beside them? It's almost as if it's some kind of ad placement that somehow failed.

 

[Sicklyboy]

I'd say chances are Drak0rex has some sort of malware on his computer that's hijacking his text input. The BBCode for the links is:

[URL='https://gbatemp.net/#'][U][B]earned dollar[U][B][IMG]https://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png[/IMG][/B][/U][/B][/U][/URL]

Unlikely that all of those superfluous underlines and bolds and links to akamaihd are his own doing.

 

[Foxi4]

Sicklyboy has a point, can you PM him about this? It's bad news for both other users and himself.