Comments on: Careful with Those Shortened Links http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Always See The Long URL With This Firefox Extension http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/#comment-1160882 Always See The Long URL With This Firefox Extension Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:18:08 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4209#comment-1160882 [...] ago I wrote that we should be careful with shortened links, because you never know where they are pointing to, and sometimes merely visiting a malicious site [...] [...] ago I wrote that we should be careful with shortened links, because you never know where they are pointing to, and sometimes merely visiting a malicious site [...]

]]> By: Azterik Media http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/#comment-1044356 Azterik Media Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:18 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4209#comment-1044356 Thanks for the link to the "unshortner". This is going to be a great way to find out BEFORE visiting a spam website instead of afterwards. Thanks for the link to the “unshortner”. This is going to be a great way to find out BEFORE visiting a spam website instead of afterwards.

]]> By: Surveys For Money http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/#comment-937068 Surveys For Money Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:25:31 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4209#comment-937068 I can't believe I didn't think about how dangerous shortened url's could be. Now that I am, Sucuri's tool is great to protect against malware and the like. Thanks for sharing about them, I will definitely be using their tool in the future. I can’t believe I didn’t think about how dangerous shortened url’s could be. Now that I am, Sucuri’s tool is great to protect against malware and the like. Thanks for sharing about them, I will definitely be using their tool in the future.

]]> By: Darmawan http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/#comment-930822 Darmawan Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:44:36 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4209#comment-930822 Thanks for this great advice.. I never click on this shorten URL I'm afraid it takes me to malicious sites By using this tool, it'll remove this concern Thanks for this great advice.. I never click on this shorten URL
I’m afraid it takes me to malicious sites
By using this tool, it’ll remove this concern

]]> By: Ken Nicholas http://www.dailyblogtips.com/careful-with-those-shortened-links/#comment-930819 Ken Nicholas Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:40:35 +0000 http://www.dailyblogtips.com/?p=4209#comment-930819 Very good points made here. I was recently running an ad on Craigslist [that was first mistake, perhaps] for my Sales consulting services. A VERY innocuous-looking email came to me, offering "Tips" for better marketing tools, etc. The note was 'blind', and just said, 'May we suggest...?', with a shortened URL. Out of normal instinct or reaction, I was one millisecond from clicking on it...exactly what these dirtbags are counting on us to do. Thank god I didn't click on it...I hope YOU don't either...! Very good points made here. I was recently running an ad on Craigslist [that was first mistake, perhaps] for my Sales consulting services. A VERY innocuous-looking email came to me, offering “Tips” for better marketing tools, etc.

The note was ‘blind’, and just said, ‘May we suggest…?’, with a shortened URL. Out of normal instinct or reaction, I was one millisecond from clicking on it…exactly what these dirtbags are counting on us to do.

Thank god I didn’t click on it…I hope YOU don’t either…!

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