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Haggis The Haggis Member #272

Mar 23, 2009 1:49 PM

#70,303

Love this!!!

Edited Mar 24, 2009 2:51 AM by X-Fusion

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av0ider Member #4,672

Mar 23, 2009 2:12 PM

#70,304

...Except for those of us that have the TinyURL preview cookie set, and are aware of where the link leads.

Haggis The Haggis Member #272

Mar 23, 2009 2:20 PM

#70,305

yeah i expect most people on here will know better

i have posted it around a lot of forums just out of curiosity

I am not sure if i can make it detect the cookie and not add to the counter

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Haggis The Haggis Member #272

Mar 23, 2009 2:51 PM

#70,306

Click links that you dont know where they lead

Hey Guys

I thought i would post this, hopefully some of you will find it helpful

Through fixing pc's etc and people coming to me for general computer help i hear and see a lot of pc's with Viruses and Malware that have been picked up by a not so techie user blindly clicking on a link when they do not know where it goes

for example a service that i beleive twitter utilises called TinyURL

While TinyURL can be a very handy thing to use it can also be used in a bad way

you cant see where that link is going to send you unless you have the Preveiw option already on you pc

Example

You receive an email that says

Hi You have won a test drive in a new (enter random car here)

Please click this link to register your win

http:// tinyurl .com/ cwlsmj

Now you cant see where that link is actually going to, it could lead to a legitimate site where you can claim your win, it also could lead to a site which will install a virus and turn you computer into a bot.

If you go to the TinyURL Site (http://www.tinyurl.com)

you can click on the preview menu link and enable them

or you can click this link (requires cookies to be enabled)

http://tinyurl.com/preview.php?enable=1

I hope this helps some of you out and maybe educates some a bit

Cheers

Any questions just let me know

Edited Mar 24, 2009 2:53 AM by X-Fusion

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err0r Subject Matter Expert Member #20,793

Mar 23, 2009 6:28 PM

#70,307

nice post haggis

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takaharu_ Proof-reading pedantic pain in the proverbial Member #17,633

Mar 23, 2009 7:37 PM

#70,311

That doesn't really work well coming from a person you already know. The chances of a long-time member of TG posting a hazardous site without it being deleted...?

I don't get paid to know the answer, therefore I'm far more likely to give you a straight and honest answer.

X-Fusion Historical / Guest

Mar 24, 2009 2:54 AM

#70,314

I've removed the link in the original post, spread the address out in the post in the other article and merged the two topics together. It was a nice concept, however, it needed to be edited.

Josh` Band camp geek Member #7

Mar 24, 2009 4:36 AM

#70,315

well way to go, now the thread makes no sense until you read halfway into it, X Fail. haha

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Travis Historical / Guest

Mar 24, 2009 5:46 AM

#70,316

Yeah, I thought Haggis lost it or something...

Haggis The Haggis Member #272

Mar 24, 2009 8:19 AM

#70,317

Yeah X Massive FAIL!!! lol

Edited Mar 24, 2009 1:08 PM by Haggis

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Fanfare Member #5,488

Mar 24, 2009 5:25 PM

#70,325

Nice try, but I didn't fall for it.