andsome Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 Several of the topic e mails received this morning took me to broken links, the management had obviously deleted them on the forum. Each of these contained links to various web sites. Out of curiosity I followed several. All took me to web sites offering various downloads. All received a RED WARNING from SITE ADVISOR. My point is, that anyone who had followed the e mail links before they were deleted, could have gone further, and downloaded from these sites, had they not had the protection of SITE ADVISOR. If you don't already have it on your computer, my advice is to download and install it right away FROM HERE. .It is free and is practically invisible on your computer, but gives a timely warning of potentially dangerous downloads from suspect sites. Be safe rather than sorry, although these links are deleted as soon as spotted by the mods, they cannot be everywhere at once, and you may follow one before it is deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I entirely agree with andsome here. There have been a lot of dubious postings recently from people who join the forum supposedly genuinely but just post rubbish, spam and potentially illegal software links. We've been deleting them as soon as we can but it's not always possible to do it immediately.Always be very careful if/when you click on links here (and anywhere else) especially if it is from someone unknown.If you see anything you think is dubious, please let us know via a PM. You might also put a reply in the dubious thread itself warning others until something can be done about altering or removing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 From time to time, like other members, I post links in good faith that I think may benefit others.If I happened to post a link I was unaware that might be dodgy - would I be advised by PM accordingly?....I do hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 That is our usual procedure. Out of courtesy we don't take any action without informing the individual concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dencandy Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I do agree with what's been said here. Also it would help in my view if even trusted Subscribers would type in the web link instead of (or as well as) typing "here" or "this link". It's not foolproof, but it gives us all a better idea of where we are going. I know we can hover the curser over the link to get the address, but novices might not know this, and also new members don't yet know whose redirections can be trusted and whose can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I'm already thinking about not using the "click here" type of abbreviations. Although it's neater on the forum page, it could possibly link to something unwanted and at least, with making the destination apparent, it is fairly easy to copy and paste (part) of the address into Google and get a SiteAdvisor assessment and decide yourself about any potential risks before opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I'm already thinking about not using the "click here" type of abbreviations. Although it's neater on the forum page, it could possibly link to something unwanted and at least, with making the destination apparent, it is fairly easy to copy and paste (part) of the address into Google and get a SiteAdvisor assessment and decide yourself about any potential risks before opening.In the example that I mentioned, it was not the site that was connected by the link that was a problem in itself, it was the links on that site that led to potentionaly bad downloads. Hence my suggestion about Site Advisor. The web page would have been highlighted with a red warng in Site Advisor, that downloads from it were potentially dangerous. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted December 17, 2007 Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 I agree with andsome that Site Advisor is a MUST.My introduction was was from Thos, who is on a sabbatical at present. It was one of the best recommendations I have had. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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