Topic: [WARNING] Newbies, do not click links blindly. (Read 286 times)

Yep, I care about people. Life can be tough as hell. No point adding to the weight we all already carry. If sharing some info can help someone save the heartache of whatever negative things might happen the share it.
You can help so many people just with one post. Also posts here will show up on google search so people who have nothing to do with the forum will stumble upon posts here and then they can save themselves.

Yes, you can get cryptojacked. But you will know. Your fans will start spinning fast and if you check task manager your CPU usage will be through the roof. My antivirus is very good but sometimes. (since I open 100s of tabs) One of them cryptojacks me and I hear my fans buzzing and everything. I'm like "hey why is everything so slow" I look at task manager "oh right I ben jacked" luckily it doesn't actually install anything or hide anything on your pc so as soon as you leave the site its done. The part that irritates me is that cryptojacking makes cents. A CPU cannot mine. People only stay on the page for a little while it's not like they leave it open overnight or something. Even if they did it won't even mine 1 cent worth of anything. Unless it is some sort of altcoin then maybe you make a couple of cents in a day.

Good link. It's pretty easy to detect though. You will notice your pc grind to a halt. Yout mouse will lag like hell. Once I though someone was remote controlling my pc that's how much the input lagged from the mining.But that site was set on extreme. If you want to get away with it you need to set it on low or people will notice and as I say you already mine barely anything so running on say 20% is pointless. Cryptojacking is not worth it.
Only if someone runs a massive bot network of like millions of pcs it will be worth it.

When using a mobile devices hovering is not possible as the mobile devices only use ripple effect due to not having a mouse devices but checking what site is hidden on a hyperlink is still possible to do by tap and hold the hyperlink then it will show the link behind it but not the complete link so you have to copy and then paste it somewhere else like Message App in your phone. Example below:

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Believe it or not, The url tag is useful and should be kept as 'it is'. You can't scrap something useful because people abuse the feature. I haven't seen a forum with a disabled hyperlink. Linking out (link juice) is beneficial in terms of SEO. I do understand the point you're trying to make but disabling the url tag doesn't seem to be the best solution.

I've always wondered is there really that much people falling for such scams?
If you're surfing internet daily it should be kind of initial to know basic security rules.
Btw it is more scary when bad people are putting malware into gif/jpg/mp4 file and spam people on whatsapp.
All private data (including crypto wallets) is going straight to bad guy.

Even without the URL tag, phishers can disguise letters with indistinguishable ones so they look normal to the naked eye.

To be honest to avoid this, this forum should remove [url= tag.
There is no real reason to keep it, because it can be used as phishing and when removed, we only loose little (!) readability with longer links.
Im up for security in this case, less phishing here the better

Will you mind sharing the website you use to get your proxies? Are they completely safe to browse over? Paid or free?

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A 4 year-old article opened my eyes that even shortening them is dangerous for our privacy and data. In terms of finding the links, I use http://www.getlinkinfo.com to check all shortened URLs.

Whenever I see a post or reply on a forum containing a shortened URL I know there is something phishy as there is no need to use URL shortener when posting on a forum unlike when writing a message on Twitter where the number of characters is limited to 280.

Another scanner: https://www.urlvoid.com/
It is always a good practice to use more than one scanner.

On top of all that, I tend to check all links with VirusTotal (mind you it will not catch them all), turning that into a habit. I even use Opera to browse many URLs just to hide my real IP (it’s basically a proxy, not a VPN), despite using a VPN.

To check links and unusual sites I simply use Opera with the (free) VPN function activated (not my usual browser – just for testing things). Opera browser’s VPN is not a real VPN, but rather much more of a proxy. That is an old habit of mine, despite using a proper (paid) VPN on top of that.

For those with multiple monitors, this poses a greater risk.

Whenever I hover the mouse on hyperlinks on the second monitor, the link doesn't show up. I have to either copy and paste it or move the tab/ window over to the main monitor.

Thank you jhenfelipe!

This is what I'm exactly asking for, I hope that majority will refer to this thread for checking purposes.

If they are using a shortened link and want to be sure:

1. if bit.ly, you can easily check the full link by adding + after the shortened link and enter to the URL bar of your browser (Source) . Example: http://bit.ly/Wn2Xdz+

2. if tinyurl.com, you can add a preview. before the shortened link. Example: https://preview.tinyurl.com/stzyfha

3. Other web services you can use:

• http://checkshorturl.com/
• https://unshorten.it/

A friendly reminder - Always be cautious folks.

Yeah right, it's a great reminder for the bounty hunters that never look at those links. I've seen some other kind of tricks that they do, they'll do this...


And inside that link is a link shortner which will lead them to another website too for those curious members. IIRC, there's a way to check the right link for those shortners.

Yes we should check hyperlinks sometimes someone will abuse it and spread scam motives. But I dont think  a Member to Legendary rank will do something like this a bitcointalk account is more important unless its a dummy, newbie account or has negative trust. So we need to be careful in dealing with those accounts.

Watching this and many alike threads, it shows people do really care for each other here no matter where we come from. We always need to be cautious while clicking on links and even watching anything over the internet as sometimes, when you visit a website you're not intended to and during the time you check out the website just because it looks eye-catching, the website can fit a malware behind in order to be use the whole computing power of your PC and even smartphone and it starts mining through the same which is commonly known as cryptojacking. More info here - https://www.csoonline.com/article/3253572/what-is-cryptojacking-how-to-prevent-detect-and-recover-from-it.amp.html

You should always remain aware and active if you don't want to get messed up with shitty issues like these. Always be known to these things to keep your crypto safe forever.

Maybe check out this Thread also ! Can be helpful for new Users .

Guide and advice for new Users before you Download anything from the Forum !



If you will find some Suspicious Links please report them to the Moderators and you can also write and make post in my other Thread here:

Report Malware and Suspicious Links here so Mods can take Action !

Sometimes we cannot avoid doing these careless things and despite exerting our best efforts to avoid these types of pitfalls, it is human nature and very normal to commit mistakes!

But thankfully, there are awesome browser extensions like NoScript  that can  help safeguard us on these types of attacks so that if we accidentally click a malicious link, NoScript will give us an additional layer of security by blocking potentially malicious program from being executed and this is one of the most effective tool to avoid becoming a victim of clickjacking.

I think this browser extension is a must have tool for every security conscious individuals. Imho.

Whoever does airdrop and bounty regularly they get more than 20 mail every day from some random mail addresses! It's because bad people are busy to scam others when a newbie click on a phishing link, they can get wallet hack anytime! Recently one guy posted that someone gave him linked to facebook and he clicked to have a look and a bad thing happened. Always ignore those link givers people! Everyone should buy a hardware wallet before starting a career in bounty, so they can live a safe life from hackers! A hardware wallet is not much expensive! 70-130$ is not a big amount even for a newbie!

Yeah, like that. Sometimes, a little bit of care can save your back from being stuck into a situation where you find yourself to be a victim because of your own silliness. We need to stay secure and for that, we should take care of these smallest issues which can do big loss to our finance as well as important data.

You mean, like this ? www.youtube.com
I put www.youtube.com but inside of it, is www.google.com.
Yeah, it really risky about that. Especially if you see that kind of post with some random members of the forum especially.

About this issue, if you are using mobile phones, you can also see the link once you long press the link and you will see the link you will visit, especially in Brave browser, google chrome browser (android). Not sure in any browsers or platforms on mobile.

When you go for shortcuts while in a bounty, you just blindly click a link to check a tweet/post made by a user to get some content for your tweet/post on Twitter/Facebook as such are those campaigns. Have you ever thought that if a user, who intentionally wants to infect your PC/phone with malware, will just add a different link inside the URL part and show you a different link here? My advice would be to first hover over any link you click on this forum or just tap and hold a link, tap on "Copy link address", paste it somewhere (but not address bar) and check the link. Only visit the link if it does belong to the website it is supposed to be.