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If you ever see or come across those new threads by new members, normally posted in the Admin Forum, PLEASE DON"T CLICK or open any of the links on embedded image. I am referring to spams.

Over the week end I was a little bit bored and started to find out where those links lead to. I can tell you where it lead me to: It lead me to REFORMATTED my HD. :yes:

Virus Trojan... you name it.

So Let Me Say It Again..... DON"T, DON"T Do it.

A few things to do if you are curiuos

Right click on the link.. copy link location... paste into notepad for actual address
is it the same as what link states?

like matt says if it has something like http://12.paypal.com/ dont click

you can delete the extensions and go to the index page.

Got to whois and do a ping with full addy
or do whois

Did you notice we all clicked a post heading that says "Don't Click".

Curiosty killed the computer

Author:	Jian [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:30 am ]
Post subject:	Don't click
If you ever see or come across those new threads by new members, normally posted in the Admin Forum, PLEASE DON"T CLICK or open any of the links on embedded image. I am referring to spams. Over the week end I was a little bit bored and started to try and find out where those links lead to. I can tell you where it lead me to: It lead me to REFORMATTED my HD. Virus Trojan... you name it. So Let Me Say It Again..... DON"T, DON"T Do it.

Author:	Lonman [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:47 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Don't click
Jian @ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:30 am wrote: If you ever see or come across those new threads by new members, normally posted in the Admin Forum, PLEASE DON"T CLICK or open any of the links on embedded image. I am referring to spams. Over the week end I was a little bit bored and started to find out where those links lead to. I can tell you where it lead me to: It lead me to REFORMATTED my HD. Virus Trojan... you name it. So Let Me Say It Again..... DON"T, DON"T Do it. 2nd THAT!!!!!!!! Because of a trojan from one of our spammers, I lost half my computer!!!!

Author:	Charmin_Gibson [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:07 am ]
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Oh gosh, who would ever? Then again, I guess there are some who would.(obviously, Jian and Lonnie did) LMAO We've had a few newbies pop in here and say "Can you listen to my song and tell me what I sound like?!?!".. with a link... and I wont even do THAT until I see others before me have clicked it. Charmin <---------- 3 hard drives ago shoulda known to say "no". Now, 3 hard drives later, I've smartened up a bit;) Good of you all to bring this up publicly though, as I said, some may click those links. (especially.... men) LOL .

Author:	karyoker [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:42 am ]
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A few things to do if you are curiuos Right click on the link.. copy link location... paste into notepad for actual address is it the same as what link states? like matt says if it has something like http://12.paypal.com/ dont click you can delete the extensions and go to the index page. Got to whois and do a ping with full addy or do whois

Author:	eben [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:38 am ]
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Or be smart and use a Mac like myself. :D I haven't gotten any virus from opening those suspicious links so far, knock on wood.

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Author:	Murlinman [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:12 am ]
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Gotta luv Norton Ghost Saved meh many times.... With Ghost, ya really don't even need Antivirus....just get behind a hardware router and you are all set...

Author:	knightshow [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:35 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Don't click
karyoker @ Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:42 am wrote: A few things to do if you are curiuos Right click on the link.. copy link location... paste into notepad for actual address is it the same as what link states? like matt says if it has something like http://12.paypal.com/ dont click you can delete the extensions and go to the index page. Got to whois and do a ping with full addy or do whois you don't even need to go through all that if you're using IE. Merely look at the very bottom of your webpage when you leave the mouse on the link or image that's clickable... You'll see the url there. OR you can right-click on the url or image and go to Properties... In both of these cases, I merely put my mouse on the banner image of the post I was making... I do this WHENEVER I get an email that's questionable... anytime someone's asking me to confirm something with a link, ebay, paypal, even friends... I don't trust NOTHING after having had a password stealer creap into my system! and that was a link from a friend. But she got hacked... and didn't know it!

Author:	pflugerville [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:53 pm ]
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be careful of emails that come from the site as well. I got one today, as a matter of fact. I don't open them at all!

Author:	Babs [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:15 pm ]
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Did you notice we all clicked a post heading that says "Don't Click". Curiosty killed the computer LMAO

Author:	Steven Kaplan [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:40 pm ]
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Quote: Did you notice we all clicked a post heading that says "Don't Click". Curiosty killed the computer Kappy <-- No dummy. Came in here wearing a Trojan. Heck, that porn spam is great !!!

Author:	Jian [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:08 pm ]
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The virus and Trojans I got from those sites even disable my anti-virus program. I was lucky cos my data files are not in my c drive.

Author:	Steven Kaplan [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 3:17 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Don't click
Jian, Check your PM's. Something interesting happened a few days back

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