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Question from Kim W.: I have a WordPress blog and lots of people are leaving comments on my posts that contain links.
How can I prevent the URLs in those comments from automatically becoming active links?
I really don’t want hackers leaving links to malicious websites via comments on my blog posts!
Thanks for your help.
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Question from Christine: I have a Facebook page where I post about women’s issues and my posts get a lot of comments left on them.
Here lately I’ve noticed that the “Most Relevant” comments are displayed first.
I don’t like that because I prefer seeing the comments in order.
Is there some way to turn “Most Relevant” off and always show the “Most Recent” comments by default?
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Question from Judy: It seems like just about everything that people share in large numbers on Facebook is either a scam or it’s dangerous in some way.
I keep seeing people share the “How Hard Did Aging Hit You” challenge thing and I was wondering if it’s a scam?
I don’t mind seeing them (I think they’re cute) but I don’t want them on my Facebook if they’re dangerous.
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Question from Ray H.: Hi Rick. I’ve been reading your blog for years Rick because I love all the useful info you provide.
But right now I’m having a problem accessing your pages.
I bought Webroot a few days ago and now every time I click one of your links on Facebook Webroot throws up a warning saying that the link is unsafe.
It’s doing that for a couple of my other favorite sites too.
I love reading your posts but I must admit that this has me concerned. Can you explain what’s going on?
Per your own advice I’m very wary about the possibility of visiting a malicious website.
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Question from Mary: I have a Lenovo laptop with Windows 10 that I use for both work and pleasure.
During my downtime I enjoy playing Solitaire with the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” app while also listening to music videos on YouTube.
The problem is every time an ad comes on in the Solitaire app the audio from the ad blasts through the music from YouTube.
I searched the settings in the app up and down and I can’t find a way to mute the ads. Do you know of a way to do it?
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