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Post by thornberry on Jun 17, 2018 0:36:52 GMT
When a user pastes a link in his post, does this site check that that link is not a dangerous one?
I usually only click on embedded links I know are safe but sometimes I get impulsive.
Sorry if this has been asked before.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 1:09:38 GMT
When a user pastes a link in his post, does this site check that that link is not a dangerous one? I usually only click on embedded links I know are safe but sometimes I get impulsive. Sorry if this has been asked before. No. That's up to you to keep an eye on and protect yourself against. Proboards doesn't add any extra layer of security. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 2:24:43 GMT
When in doubt, Google is your friend.
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 17, 2018 8:26:44 GMT
No, basically. but with shortened links from Google (i.e. the goo.gl links)... you can basically see what they link to by copying the "goo.gl" link and putting a "+" (without the ") on the end of it and loading that into your browser the last I knew as it will take you to the google url shortened site and show you stats on the link along with the exact link it takes you to without actually taking you to the link unless you manually click the link once on that goo.gl site etc. but I would imagine that even if you are given a shady link, as long as it's not one of those links that can infect your PC with junk by just visiting the website, chances are you will be fine (as a general rule... don't have Flash/Java installed as that eliminates a couple of attack points. having a good adblocker installed, like uBlock Origin, would be a good idea to). or to be generally pretty safe online... use Linux as your chances of getting infected using that are slim simply because it's not Windows and damn near all malware etc targets Windows because damn near everyone uses it unlike Linux which only has a very small user base in comparison to Windows. p.s. I currently have Linux Mint v18.3 (xfce edition (it's lightest on resources). even though Cinnamon is the most popular right now) on a 10 year old laptop I got and it works fine. hell, one can even play with that without even installing it by booting it from a USB stick and you can actually play with the OS a bit without it changing anything on your hard drive. NOTE: my main PC, which is what I am using currently, runs the newest version of Windows 10 (build 17134.112 ; more commonly referred to as 1803) though as one of the main reasons I stick to Windows 10 for a primary computer is simply because I game a little bit which pretty much prevents me from using Linux. but even gaming aside, there is a small amount of programs I use, like Foobar2000 etc, that are not available on Linux. but outside of those couple of things or so, Linux is a solid choice for those looking for a basic internet machine as it's more secure than Windows due to the fact people generally won't attack it because there are simply not that many users of it as it ain't worth their time.
EDIT: Linux Mint v19 was released yesterday... www.linuxmint.com/ (which is 100% free with no junk in it) ; I clean installed it (the Xfce version) about a day ago now and it fixed my reboot issue I had with v18.3 in that when you first power on the laptop (which is my backup computer. HP DV5-1002nr laptop which is about 10 years old) everything boots up and works fine. but when you reboot the computer, while the reboot does take place, it hangs not long after the HP bios logo with a black screen and a flashing white cursor(bigger in size) at the top left of the screen, then I have to hold the power button to power off and then power it back on and that process repeats (like it always boot on first cold boot, but reboots always cause it to act that way). but with Mint v19 that no longer happens and things work as they should. but like I was saying, in general your much safer online using Linux than Windows as your chances of getting a virus (and the like) is slim and that even counts those people who know very little to nothing about computers, given that it's immune to viruses that effect Windows since it's not Windows (and damn near all shady people target Windows since nearly everyone uses it(nearly 9 out of 10 people)) and when it comes to installing software you generally do it through 'Software Manager' which comes with it and those are safe and simple to use. |
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Post by thornberry on Jun 21, 2018 18:34:45 GMT
When in doubt, Google is your friend. How does google screen links for safety? I wasn't aware of that. |
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