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ValricoKate
March 6th, 2009, 12:52 pm
I was in the TTM forum and saw this.
http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1350421
What exactly is a toxic link?
What should I look for before clicking a link.
I get pointed to a lot of news stories here with links and comments.
Should I always assume that if someone is posting a news link it might damage my computer?
Any tips would be appreciated.
ThrowCop
March 6th, 2009, 1:00 pm
It was a link to a website that took over your browser and did not allow you to shut down the page. You had to Control-Alt-Delete to stop it. No real damage unless you were in the middle of a download or something important since you had to restart your browser to get rid of the offending script.
Either that or run FireFox & the NoScript Add-in to keep those kinds of things from happening.
Oddball
March 6th, 2009, 1:03 pm
...or just don't ever click on links of the poster in question, who will remain nameless.
ValricoKate
March 6th, 2009, 1:14 pm
It was a link to a website that took over your browser and did not allow you to shut down the page. You had to Control-Alt-Delete to stop it. No real damage unless you were in the middle of a download or something important since you had to restart your browser to get rid of the offending script.
Either that or run FireFox & the NoScript Add-in to keep those kinds of things from happening.
What is that and what does it do?
philc398
March 6th, 2009, 1:15 pm
...or just don't ever click on links of the poster in question, who will remain nameless.
Good advice there...
philc398
March 6th, 2009, 1:16 pm
What is that and what does it do?
If you run Firefox as your browser, it is an add-on that lets you decide if scripts may run on the website you are viewing.
ThrowCop
March 6th, 2009, 1:18 pm
What is that and what does it do?No Script tells you in advance if something on the webpage is trying to run a script (command) on your system. You can choose to run it or not. It is a pain at first since you have to tell it what pages are okay but that doesn't take long.
Even on a safe page such as this, it is blocking 4 ads from showing up.
ValricoKate
March 6th, 2009, 1:24 pm
not to be a complete idiot and if you don't mind I'm always looking for new things to learn.
Can you give a short run down about scripts?
If it is too complex to spill out in the time you have available, can you point me in a direction wherein I might be able to get a "user" level understanding?
ValricoKate
March 6th, 2009, 1:25 pm
No Script tells you in advance if something on the webpage is trying to run a script (command) on your system. You can choose to run it or not. It is a pain at first since you have to tell it what pages are okay but that doesn't take long.
Even on a safe page such as this, it is blocking 4 ads from showing up.
oh.
thanks.
That was succinct and very helpful.