Agreed; I never click on unknown links in posts or emails either. Especially
tiny URLs of any kind. If I do think I want to go there, I'll do a
reputation check on Google first; but I have to have a valid reason to put
out the effort.
Good advice,
Twayne
In news:uK0v8CXuKHA.5444@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,
SC Tom <sc@tom.net> typed:
> This same post is also in alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 posted under
> the name of Greg Jacob with a tinyurl link. Seems fishy when there
> are two nearly identical posts (identical subject line) by different
> people. I don't know about anyone else, but *I* wouldn't click on
> either link
> "Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> news:uG9YL1WuKHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> In news:710C8BC5-2F15-4617-BA16-111C83267B39@microsoft.com,
>> sgopus <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Their are many well known and known to be good sites, that will help
>>> others with malware and virus infection, I wouldn't click on any
>>> link included with posts that state they will help you, more than
>>> likely they are links themselves to virus and malware.
>>
>> I don't know about "more than likely", but that's always good
>> advice. It's also considered to be one of the resolves in "Safe
>> Hex". It's a great way to invite malicious code into your machine
>> without knowing it for quite some time.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Twayne
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> "Alan Connor" wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> One of my websites got infected with a virus and was blocked by
>>>> Google. I stumbled across this page and it really helped me getting
>>>> the problem solved very quickly without having to reupload my
>>>> website from my computer.
>>>>
>>>> I can't paste the whole method here because it's explained in
>>>> pictures. Check out:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.orioncities.com/scanning-website-files-for-malware-and-viruses
>>>>
>>>> I hope this will help someone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered
>> through personal experience does not become a
>> part of the moral tissue.
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