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    Chrome problem

    Recently Chrome has a new trick for me---it automatically created hyperlinks in text. It does this seemingly everywhere and as such has rendered itself useless.
    I have uninstalled and reinstalled twice and run a full can with not change.

    Within my signature here I now have an example:

    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill

    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    It turns opportunity and diagnosis into hyperlinks.

    I've done a search for the issue but come up dry---any help would be appreciated.
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    I don't see the hyperlinks in your sig or your quote, Dave...

    I use Chrome exclusively, and I have not seen, nor heard of this problem until now......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    I know---when I use IE they aren't there either.

    Just to show you I'm not crazy---and they are not only blue--they are hyperlinks:
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

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    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    I'm good to go Ben---I ran all the diagnostics I have and nothing fixed the problem---so I fixed it the old fashioned way---I deleted Chrome.

    Thanks--from Firefox
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
    "Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all." ---John W. Gardner
    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” ---C. S. Lewis

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    If it happens to me, I'll just switch to Firefox then...I already have it as a backup......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    I don't see the links except in your uploaded screen shot. Did you ever click on one of the links to see what would happen? I suspect they are using keywords to link to ads. Probably from an extension or malware you accidentally acquired.
    The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke

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