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What a waste of a day; however, I managed to save all of my Bookmarks, uninstalled my Dragon Browser & re-installed with the latest version. All seems well now with no pop-ups or re-directions happening even with Java Script on.

So I guess that it wasn't a waste, but honestly I don't really know what happened. It'll be a while before I go into AVS again, ha!

TAM

Take a look inside the Settings / Extensions. that is where the malbuggers like to put stuff for Chrome. As they are apps, non of the scan software looks for them

exlab. I seen your post earlier today, but I was already on avs and have been most of the day. No issues here. Using IE11 on a surface pro 3 though.

Thanks for the info. Everything seems fine now & I have IE 11 as a backup...

TAM

Well, I sort of kicked off an "anti-Gene" or "anti-Audioholics" discussion over at AVS... Oops. No mention of Axiom anywhere in the post, but I swear that the second anyone posts something about him or his company, he is made aware of it. He hadn't posted in a while, and certainly hadn't posted in the thread in question, and bam... the same day I make a comment about him, he shows up.

It starts with another person posting a link to his site and there was a video in it that I commented on in post 1094... Currently still going on 22 posts later (current post at this moment). His real personality is shining through.

DTS:X Immersive Sound Format - Thread at AVS - post 1092

I am 'persona-non-grata' there now after what I believe were 2 rather innocuous, & certainly noncontroversial posts (#5 & #9) here & note my 'Signature Block' that I did not generate:

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/thr...coustics.94132/

Judging from the interesting reaction of others in AVS, I feel somewhat vindicated; however, I am unable to contribute there anymore.

I've been thinking about my computer problems yesterday & wonder why a reputable company like Crutchfield would be involved with a virus (or whatever it was) that plastered their ads all over my screen. It was especially bad on Axiom's home page. Honestly, I don't understand this stuff...

TAM

Wow, that is pretty childish. Another hobby of mine deals with roller coasters, and there is a forum with just as much of a smart-arse owner called Theme Park Review. The guy that runs that place must be related somehow. He kicked and banned me because I disagreed with his opinion (which he admitted was his opinion) for something that he had never experienced, but I had. He kept responding to the topic thread with these long, swear filled messages, and then would delete his posts. That way anyone subscribed would see him trying to bash me, but the permanent record would not exist. He also changed my avatar to be "Barney" as in the "I love you" dinosaur and made it so that my control panel showed the avatar that I wanted, thus making it unchangeable. There are other people there that he changed their tagline to as well, making it look like they are calling themselves liars, etc. So childish. I am still a member over there (was reinstated after having to stroke the guys ego), but I have since never posted anything and rarely visit. Some people are just that way. It is just unfortunate when people view them as "experts" in their field and they are recognized for their unethical and childish behaviors.

Tam. I would not sweat your ban at Audioholics. The signature hack is unfortunate, sad and predictable.

Mr. DellaSalsa's behavior is what it is. I would not be surprised if his behavior with Axiom was a major contributor to the shutdown of the Audioholics store. Independent audio manufacturing is a small world and no doubt the players talk to each other. Karma's a bee itch.

I was firmly warned by the overlord about a post I made here wrt a poorly made vid some time ago. Where I felt several thinly veiled slights were made for no reason. I ceased all activity and visits to audioholics since then. It is a shame that site went down that road. I really benefitted from the info there when I was just starting out. But now I'm a little worried about how his influence will affect people just starting into the hobby. In a forum like AVS, filled with heavy hitters and newbies alike, his "omnipotent" presence is little more than fodder for those with too much time on their hands.

So Gene runs AVS now, too? Or did they give him mod rights for some godforsaken reason?