How can I prevent an automatic bookmark?

I downloaded the Xsticky addon for Firefox and after determining that it was not what I wanted, chose to delete it. However, it keeps adding itself as a bookmark every few days (or hours sometime!). I emailed the developer and got no help; in fact, he told me to uninstall it from my browser addons and that should do it. But I've had no luck. I'm tired of it showing up. Can anyone help me? I'd hate to stop using Firefox for this reason as it is my favorite browser!

Bobbie,
You have two options; you can disable the recognition of links, or you can reformat the text to make it indistinguishable from normal text. This would involve eliminating the underline and changing the font color to black or whatever the rest of your document is.
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