[Michael]

Well I try to explain it then

The first few lines just sets some variables.

if(plugin) I think is testing if the variable does not equal null, because that would be the case if the objects it is string to access don't exist.

It then gets a number or else write some bad html. document.write() gets the document object and writes something to it.

This it does the if thing again, why not just do it once? and write some more html.

I suppose it is trying to write some ads.

[Advertisements]

Oh, I trust you when you say it's pointless code. I didn't mean to try and get you to explain it, just justifying why I'm asking silly questions (because I'm a bit embarrassed to have asked them... )

Yeah, it was an ad (although my Norton must have blocked the majority of it from appearing on screen) that takes you to a sponsor site before redirecting to the site one originally wanted to visit.

[CelestialTeardrop]

Oh, I trust you when you say it's pointless code. I didn't mean to try and get you to explain it, just justifying why I'm asking silly questions (because I'm a bit embarrassed to have asked them... )

Yeah, it was an ad (although my Norton must have blocked the majority of it from appearing on screen) that takes you to a sponsor site before redirecting to the site one originally wanted to visit.

[Michael]

If you use Firefox you can use http://adblockplus.org/ to prevent all ads you don't want to see from showing.

[CelestialTeardrop]

Ok, thanks. I currently use AdBlock and have a number of filters that I added over time, but I'll check out Adblock plus.

[Michael]

Oh, then I not sure you need adblock plus. I don't think there is too much difference.

DON'T INSTALL BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!

[CelestialTeardrop]

Yeah, together they give less protection than each does individually, just like anti-virus programs.

[Michael]

No if you have both install, you might need to find out how to manually uninstall an extension. They don't like each other.

[CelestialTeardrop]

I only have adblock installed at the moment. I will uninstall it (and delete it from the extensions folder in my firefox profile) before getting adblock plus (if I decide to switch).

Thanks