Any tech gurus out there?

if you suspect malware try malwarebytes from http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free You don't need the PRO upgrade, the free one will check it and remove any.
You'll need to follow a series of steps though in order to completely remove any. 1st is download and install it, then open it and update it. 2nd is to close all windows and computer connections to the internet, turn OFF system restore (right click "my computer", left click properties, restore tab, uncheck the system restore box and wait until it's stopped) then restart into safe mode (F8 as it's beginning to reboot) and run a full malwarebytes scan in safe mode, deleting anything it finds (afterwards is also a good time to run a defrag on your drive, but there are better defraggers than the native windows, which might take seemingly forever). Then restart into regular mode, turning your system restore on soon as it gets up and running, before you venture back online. IF any of these options are hidden or closed to you, it could be a virus. If not, and it doesn't find anything, it could just be something you've never noticed before?

It's not malware or a virus. It's a link to the small Facebook logo. Put in the address bar and you can see it - just a simple image on the page in the top left corner of the screen. It's more of a pain in the butt than anything else. I haven't found a way to block it either.

Since making the switch over to Ubuntu 5 years ago I have reclaimed 12 hours of my life each month no longer spent chasing phantoms.

Thanks Dune, i hope it's of some help

Originally Posted by biscuit

Since making the switch over to Ubuntu 5 years ago I have reclaimed 12 hours of my life each month no longer spent chasing phantoms.

i spend maybe 2 hours a month checking things, most of it in absentia ; ) hey, i got a garden to tend too

It comes from the facebook tracking on this site or any site that uses facebook connect. that link is simply to facebook's photo hosting page. Solution is firefox, with noscript and donottrack add ons. Poof, it's gone.

Originally Posted by rebar17

It comes from the facebook tracking on this site or any site that uses facebook connect. that link is simply to facebook's photo hosting page. Solution is firefox, with noscript and donottrack add ons. Poof, it's gone.

If your use firefox, download adblockplus
http://adblockplus.org/en/
It strips out advertising from most pages and also seems to speed up downloads. Every now and then I need to use IE and I'm always amazed at the stuff that I no longer see.

Originally Posted by erewen

If your use firefox, download adblockplus
http://adblockplus.org/en/
It strips out advertising from most pages and also seems to speed up downloads. Every now and then I need to use IE and I'm always amazed at the stuff that I no longer see.

I forgot to mention that one but 100% agreed! been using that for years and give it an A++++++++++