02-04-2012, 04:55 PM
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Re: Tinyurl
Mollie, as far as I know tinyurl is just a URL shortening service.Nothing wrong with shortening very long web addresses but while the service itself maybe safe you have to idea where you'll end up when you click on a link. It could easily direct you to a page with a virus, trojan or other sort of malware on it.
It is certain that cybercriminals are using something like this to redirect users to pages that contain nasties. In doing so they can get round the safe browsing mechanism built in to browsers like Firefox and Chrome. If users are unlucky enough to click on a bad one they will get no warning and be sent directly to the dangerous web page.
03-04-2012, 12:22 AM
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Re: Tinyurl
Thank you both George and Barry. I am more than aware that clicking onto a site can be dangerous, but I've seen this so many times on YouTube.I am very wary of any links, even those put on here. I shall try to investigate this site more fully, but I just wondered if anybody else uses it. Thanks for your input. It is much appreciated.
Apparently, Tinyurl is a site where one can watch films etc that YouTube have removed for copyright purposes, but I've never trusted it, so thanks again.
03-04-2012, 01:42 AM
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Re: Tinyurl
I just put into Google "is tinyurl safe to use?".....this is what came up from WikiAnswers:-Tiny URL is NOT a safe website.
Messages have been passed through Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and so on, from spam bots (disguised as your friends) giving you tinyurl's.
The URL's could be anything from cookie trackers, identity trackers, and so on.
Please be safe with this website!
04-04-2012, 01:39 AM
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Re: Tinyurl
It's a shortening/redirect service, so while usually you see the URL, eg:www.bbc.co.uk
with a shortening service it might be something like
http://ti.ny/242j
So you don't know where the URL is going to take you.
I hate them
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