Why was part of my post in red

[BlueScorpion]

I've just posted on the best book thread regarding Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and the title came up in red as a link to click on. I was just wondering why that happened

[ummmm]

Click it and see :-)

They bring you to other threads.

[DTCwordfan]

Not showing red here, BS

[Baldric]

You're not in the red here either

[ummmm]

Lets see if Mollykins still works...

[DTCwordfan]

May be you are "overdrawn"

[AB Editor]

Looking at it, I can't see any links?

Sure you don't have any browser extensions installed which might pick out words and create wiki links for you, do you?

[BlueScorpion]

Anything is possible with my PC (being steam powered as it is) It's not a problem I was just curious & thought it might be part of AB

[AB Editor]

It sometimes is - but I couldn't see any in your post. Might be worth checking what plugins and extensions you're using?

[BlueScorpion]

Thanks Ed but how do I do that?

[jno]

I thought maybe it was an Amazon link, but looking at it, it's in black on my screen.

[jomifl]

Did you say 'bury my heart @ wounded knee'

[BlueScorpion]

No Jomifl I definately typed "at"

[AB Editor]

Firefox: Tools > Add-ons
Chrome:Spanner > Settings > Extensions
IE: Tools > Manage Add-ons

Just see if there is anything odd there.

[ChuckFickens]

Assuming you're running internet explorer as your browser try clicking on start > all programs ? accessories > system tools > internet explorer(no add-ons)

this will load IE without any browser extensions loaded, then go and have a look at your post and see if it's in red, if it isn't then it's a browser add-on that's causing your post to be turned into a link

[BlueScorpion]

Thanks Chuck I've just done that & all the red has gone away. Now I just need to work out wich add-on is doing it (I didn't realise there were so many)

[ChuckFickens]

If it was the book title that was highlighted in red then it's probably a book stores add-on causing it, such as Amazon.

if you click on the link for the book the page the link takes you to would be a good indication of whose add-on it is.

[BlueScorpion]

Thanks Chuck I think it was Shopping Assistant plug-in, but I did have to restart the PC before it took effect. I've no idea how I got that, but everything's good now

Thanks everyone for the help

[AB Editor]

"I've no idea how I got that"

It's likely to be something they snuck in when you installed something else.