[Sofia]

What is your shoutbox ?

You can try this modification :

In the forumhome_vbshout template,

Search :

function showShouts()
{
    if (ShoutRequest)
    {
        if (ShoutRequest.handler.readyState == 4 && ShoutRequest.handler.status == 200 && ShoutRequest.handler.responseText)
        {
            Shouts           = fetch_object('vbshout')
            Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + ShoutRequest.handler.responseText + '</table>'
            setTimeout('requestShouts()', 10000)
            <if condition="$vboptions[shout_messages_order]">
            document.getElementById('vbshout').scrollTop = 99999;
            </if>
        }
    }
}

Replace the line :

Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + ShoutRequest.handler.responseText + '</table>'

By :

text=ShoutRequest.handler.responseText.replace(/&/g,"&")
Shouts.innerHTML = '<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0" width="95%" align="left">' + text + '</table>'