RedbeardRages

And here I was thinking that I was being diligent when installing software and making sure to disable/uninstall all included crapware when installing free programs. What surprised me is how quickly I became infected after building a new machine (the specs I listed above are for a rig that I built not more than two weeks ago,) and I only installed software that I have trusted in the past. Anywho, you have my thanks again for your assistance in this matter, and I am back to enjoying the Nexus in all it's splendor and glory.

Thanks for the response on that, Ben. Unfortunately I am all too familiar with the AdNetworkPerformance nonsense. Will the linked tool stand a reasonably good chance of removal? I know that Malwarebytes doesn't even detect it, and it's a fairly reliable piece of software. UPDATE: Thank you a million times over. Apparently there was some nefarious activity going on that I had no idea was happening (and I am not exactly ignorant of this sort of thing, although apparently there is always more to learn!) The issue is now resolved, and in case anyone is wondering, these are the items that JRT removed after the scan: FREEPIE is a program that I used for correcting a HOTAS joystick issue in ArmA, and SmartDefrag4 is a known piece of software, so I don't know if those would have been an issue right out of the gate, so do you think it possible that those files might have gotten injected with something less than trustworthy? Fairly certain it was the esupport.com entries that were likely the main culprit (very cursory research led me to that conclusion, along with the fact that I have no recollection of downloading anything with that name, nor do I recall installing the software that it piggbacks from [a driver updater, for which I use the MSI LiveUpdate that came with my MoBo].)

So I have recently begun experiencing issues when using the Skyrim Nexus to download mods after a longish absence from the game. When I attempt to click on tabs (General, Articles, Files, etc [underneath the mod's infobox and in the blue bar,) nothing happens the majority of the time. I can usually get the links to work after 7-10 full refreshes of the page (CTRL+F5 method,) but even after making the tab work, the download links (button driven, as in the green buttons that trigger an NMM download,) do nothing. Even when attempting to download manually, if the window soliciting a direct monetary confirmation to the author of the mod pops up, the green button to advance to the download does nothing. In the interests of brevity and to save any potention answerers' respective time, here are the specs of my hardware and various other possibly related software bits: HARDWARE: OS: Windows 8.1 Pro MoBo: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB VRAM RAM: 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 Corsair Vengence HDD: 1TB WD Blue 7200RPM PSU: EVGA 500W SECURITY/PRIVACY SOFTWARE: Anti-Malware: Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 2.2.1.1043 (Tested disabled) Antivirus: Avast! 11.1.2253 (Definition Version 160328) (Tested disabled) BROWSER RELATED/PLUGINS: Browser: Google Chrome 49.0.2623.87 m Other Tested Browser(s): Firefox 45.0.1, Internet Explorer 11.0.9600.18231 Anti-Advertising: AdBlock 2.53 (Always disabled on Nexus sites) Other: LastPass: Free Password Manager 4.1.3 (Tested disabled) OTHER SOFTWARE: Java Version 8 Update 73 FF and IE were tested in default configurations with no enabled or installed plugins. Also attached is a screenshot of the Google Chrome Developer Console showing errors when attempting to click on the tabs. For clarity, the red box outlines when I first visited the page I was testing on (SkuUI,) and the TypeErrors within the blue box occurred whenever I clicked on a tab.

I had never really thought about AdBlock (which is one of the wonders of the Extension: You set it and forget it) being active when browsing this site. This post got me thinking, and since I love the Nexus Network so much, the nexusmods.com domain has been added to my whitelist so my multiple daily visits should be registering with the ad provider. Post like this a fantastic because they bring things to light that are so far out of sight and out of mind that it's good to remind people that we have an amazing thing here and don't have to pay a dime for it, as long as we're being served ads. I'm willing to put up with the almost non-existent annoyance of mods (due to the way that the Nexus serves them) to allow this community to thrive.