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by gk1 5248 days ago
FYI: http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3 leads to a giant ad for some Canadian pill site.
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Really - no adverts when I visit it?

Edit: Some sort of IE7 hack/virus/attack? (sorry can't reply to your message for some reason)

http://i.imgur.com/r8u2I.png - screenshot is with adblock turned on, but I also tried it with it turned off and didn't get it.

I'm on IE 7 (don't ask), so perhaps the ad is the site's way of telling me "F U"?

Edit: Screenshot - http://i.imgur.com/5lnJ7.jpg

Your computer probably has malware. Run ComboFix and that should fix the issue.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/combofix/how-to-use-combofix

I'm on a highly secured military network. While it's not impossible that there's malware on my computer, I think it's more likely that something's up with the website.

Edit: There's no choice of browsers on this network. It's IE 7 or nothing.

May I suggest that you refrain from surfing the Internet using IE7 while on a secured military network.
Unfortunately there is no other option. You use the software you're given, and that's it.
The "secure" US networks are also just full of malware, because at the end of the day you have a bunch of random enlisted men clicking around in IE 7. I've heard plenty of accounts of the malware on these things.
Any network connected to the general internet (even NIPRnet) is not a highly secured network. Maybe highly regulated but sure as hell not secure.
With FF10 on OSX 10.6 I see the ad too: http://i.imgur.com/FdGJ6.png