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When I clicked on the "New Logo" thread I got a page come up detailing the following:
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Warning: Visiting this site may harm your computer! The website at www.amiaworld.net contains elements from the site www.thievesguild.cc, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer. For detailed information about the problems with these elements, visit the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic page for www.thievesguild.cc.
What's that about?
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Yup. Any thread that he posts in will give you the same warning. He must be the devil!
...Or not, really. Just depends on who you talk to.
Also, I don't get the warning. So if he's harming my computer, then I'm not seeing it. I wouldn't worry too much. (Unless someone says otherwise, at least.)
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Isnt Chrome that program which sends your web-(ab)using data to google so they can stuff AD's down your throat at every possible moment?
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Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: I'm pretty lost but I don't wanna be found.
Terra_777 wrote:
Isnt Chrome that program which sends your web-(ab)using data to google so they can stuff AD's down your throat at every possible moment?
I don't get ads from google, unless the website has google ads. *shrugs* In any case, I ignore the ads. Chrome won't give you more ads than if you were using Firefox or I.E.
Edit: *takes xordae's hint and downloads Opera*
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Last edited by AlphaWaves on Fri, Mar 27 2009, 20:57 PM, edited 1 time in total.
Well, firefox has this thing were you can right click -> block images from http //lolololofunnehpic(dot)com.
I do that to ugly avatars I don't like all the time.
_________________ Fear is not evil… It tells you what your weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger as well as kinder. - Gildarts Clive, Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima.
But then again what should be expected by a web-browser?
I don't want some random screensiffers calculating my online behaviour so they can recommend the best shampoo to buy. Yeah I know, google aint that bad but the data is for something!
FF might be collecting data from me too, but I still use it since I'm a conservative bastard when it comes to web-browsers (and FF purrs if you caress it enough).
Conclusion: No browser in the world is going to keep its user 100% safe from the evilness of the internet.
_________________ Fear is not evil… It tells you what your weakness is. And once you know your weakness, you can become stronger as well as kinder. - Gildarts Clive, Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima.
I've had my Avatar for about a month now, and it hasn't caused any problems.
I'll change it in a moment though, since it seems to be causing people trouble. Or at least take the picture and upload it to photobucket.
Edit; Just changed.
I'm still at a loss as to what 'malware' is, to be honest. I use a Mac so I don't get bugged by most things like that.
I asked Nekhy in a PM but never got a response, so... >_>
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Wolfking6116 wrote:
I've had my Avatar for about a month now, and it hasn't caused any problems.
I'll change it in a moment though, since it seems to be causing people trouble. Or at least take the picture and upload it to photobucket.
Edit; Just changed. I'm still at a loss as to what 'malware' is, to be honest. I use a Mac so I don't get bugged by most things like that. I asked Nekhy in a PM but never got a response, so... >_>
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# Software developed for the purpose of causing harm to a computer system en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malware
# Short for malicious software, software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system, such as a virus or a Trojan horse. www.regen.com/default.php
# (I) Hardware, software, or firmware that is intentionally included or inserted in a system for a harmful purpose. (See: logic bomb, Trojan horse, virus, worm.) [2] www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/sage/glossary/
Basically malware is anything that damages your computer.
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No, no. That was actually an accurate invocation of Godwin's Law, and thus not an invocation of Tormak's Law.
There's another Tormak's Law? Mine says that anytime Nazis or the like are mentioned in a thread, Tormak will inevitably post something about Godwin's.
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