I have the same symptoms with Firefox 16.0.2. Adblock is on, Norton 360 active, no proxy; torrent handler not found.
Hyperlink image appears to be referenced to ( intext-a 'dot' akamaihd 'dot' net ) and runs as ‘swf’ program.
Disabling Shockwave Flash 11.4.4.402.265 appears to stop the link.
Any further ideas?