Am I alone?

  • Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    April 22, 2011 at 1:25 pm #1271914

    Does anybody else not click onto links without an explanation first? Example, sometimes a question is asked and when you click the thread the only thing there is a link. No explanation of what the link is about.

    Call me old fashion, call me skeptical, call me overly concerned about virus’s. I won’t open a link I don’t know about. In fact, even if I do know the content I won’t open the link.

    Seems to me most times a cut and paste puts the information right there in the thread without the need to have a link.

    Anybody else have these concerns or am I alone?

    wallgeye
    Richfield, MN
    Posts: 157
    April 22, 2011 at 1:32 pm #959684

    I am pretty sure the few times I have posted with a link, there was an explanation to go along with it. When I have been the one looking at the link, I always look at the bottom of my browser to see where the link leads. If it said click here and when I hovered my mouse over the link and below it said virusesgalore . com or something unsavory I would back away slowly. If it just said cabelas . com I would probably click it.

    I do the same thing with emails, links in emails show the real address at bottom of screan, those emails from “ebay” that I get that do not go to ebay get deleted asap for example. I hope that I am not dropping my drawers just by previewing them this way.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    April 22, 2011 at 1:33 pm #959685

    I’m somewhat leery too.

    Here is what I do on any link posted here through our URL upload. You can right-click on the link and a pop up box will appear. Select “Properties”. Another pop up will display with the address of the link. So you can decide from there. If its an address you don’t care to look at, close it and move on. Many times its just another IDO address to a related post.

    -J.

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    April 22, 2011 at 1:43 pm #959689

    I don’t run anti virus and I back everything up daily. If I get one I will just reload an image and right back to square one. Click Away

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    April 22, 2011 at 1:46 pm #959690

    Personally, if it’s just a link I’ll wait until someone else posts about it. If it dies…I’ll never see it.

    I like content on Ido and not going someplace else unless it’s a youtube video.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    April 22, 2011 at 2:03 pm #959706

    I run Norton Premier and so far it has covered my back. If popup blocker doesn’t allow a link to open I close it without looking back. Viruses suck

    I still however will sometimes decide to move on not opening a link without an explanation unless the title grabs my interest or as Brian said, the replies.

    And always remember…..when viewing a video or opening a link….if you didn’t care for the contents it is time in your life you will never be able to recover

    carroll58
    Twin Cities, USA
    Posts: 2094
    April 22, 2011 at 2:20 pm #959713

    I too watch the status bar to see where the link says it is going to take me, very skeptical on some links. I run TrendMicro Anti-Virus.

    Another thing for preventing SPAM/Viruses and Trojan horse crap is when sending emails to numerous friends I send all the names/addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) box so my friends address are not all out there for every spammer to see. Seems like when I get emails from some people and there is a long list of their friends addresses that a day or two & up to a week later I’ll get a few to dozens of spam emails, just delete, delete.

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    April 22, 2011 at 2:30 pm #959717

    Quote:

    Another thing for preventing SPAM/Viruses and Trojan horse crap is when sending emails to numerous friends I send all the names/addresses in the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) box so my friends address are not all out there for every spammer to see. Seems like when I get emails from some people and there is a long list of their friends addresses that a day or two & up to a week later I’ll get a few to dozens of spam emails, just delete, delete.

    Exactly….that is a very good tip
    Also delete any address that might be showing in the forwarding e-mail.

    phigs
    Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 1046
    April 22, 2011 at 3:10 pm #959729

    eh, i click away…

    even if it is a bad link, maybe i can use it for future use against others…

    and besides, i’m running a vmware virtual desktop for all of my internet browsing, so if i get a virus, i can be back to square 1 within like 10 minutes.

    Czech
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1574
    April 22, 2011 at 3:18 pm #959731

    Got Mac. Click away.

    cat dude
    Arlington, MN
    Posts: 1389
    April 22, 2011 at 3:36 pm #959735

    If I have any idea that it is poisen, it’s deleted.

    eye-full
    Waterloo,Ia,USA
    Posts: 660
    April 22, 2011 at 3:46 pm #959743

    Email’s that do that are deleted quick for me, if I don’t know the address I delete.

    Threads on forums that have links I’m more open to but I usually look at the poster. If it is someone I believe can be trusted I click away if a guy does it with 5 post then I skip.

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    April 22, 2011 at 3:50 pm #959746

    I have no problem clicking away. I have virus protection and browsers now, at least Firefox, is good about black listing some malicious sites and will warn you before loading the page and give you the option to leave before loading.

    I don’t think it is possible to nail someone with a virus from a link to a real webpage. I think the biggest threat is a virus hidden in Java code (not to be confused with Javascript). If you want to learn more, click here

    Happy Friday!

    ottomatica
    Lino Lakes, MN
    Posts: 1380
    April 22, 2011 at 4:23 pm #959752

    Quote:

    I don’t run anti virus and I back everything up daily. If I get one I will just reload an image and right back to square one. Click Away

    What do you use for your image software?

    85lund
    Menomonie, WI
    Posts: 2317
    April 22, 2011 at 5:09 pm #959765

    Quote:

    Quote:

    I don’t run anti virus and I back everything up daily. If I get one I will just reload an image and right back to square one. Click Away

    What do you use for your image software?

    Acronis True Image

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