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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
They are joining the board so has nothing to do with your computer.
They hide a link in their post.
It's a fairly benign attempt to increase search engine ranking for something or someone else.
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^^^This is correct. It is usually a 1x1 pixel picture which is white. It hotlink to a webpage and counts as a view. It is either to bump search engine results or it is a way to increase "clicks" in a pay per click scheme.