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Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005604)

You could say that about any type of link though.

You could,i don't. besides i post very few links.

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005580)

Thought that was Smiley Central ?

They are very similar Kate the last time I looked

Re: Smilies malware warning

If you read the AccyWeb rules they state that image linking is not permitted so really the mods should remove any smilies from either of the sites mentioned above.

I have had the same problem with Chrome blocking smiles in someones sig recently.

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I didn't know it was causing a problem .

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by david1 (Post 1005682)

I didn't know it was causing a problem .

I am guessing you don't use chrome. It checks webpages you go to against a list of what it thinks are suspicious and warns you about them before taking you to them.

This problem with planetsmilies is being reported by many people on the internet.

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Seems so. I love using Chrome now. Especially on Ubuntu.

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 1005699)

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 1005665)

Using outside smilies is okay then if you remove the link then Neil, although I don't use them anymore

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 1005739)

Using outside smilies is okay then if you remove the link then Neil, although I don't use them anymore

Like I said the rules says image linking is not allowed but they get left unless they cause a problem

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by Neil (Post 1005772)

Like I said the rules says image linking is not allowed but they get left unless they cause a problem

Image Linking
Image linking is no longer permitted, as it’s a form of theft ‘stealing other websites band width’.

Find this rule a little ambiguous, Neil. Don't understand how posting a smiley is theft ?

Have looked at some of the complaints re. Planetsmilies and nobody appears to have the answer.... all conflicting opinions, including many saying nothing to do with your browsers. Just trying to understand it all.

Sob, sob ... see my signature has been removed. Will have to seek out another.

Did put one in my bookmarks that Mick uses.... can I still use this ?

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005783)

It goes back in time to before broadband, when you link to a smilie/picture etc. to display on a web page you use a small portion of the hosts' (the web site you are connecting to), bandwidth the more people that link the smaller their bandwidth becomes, so they would have to pay to get a bigger bandwidth because your link was 'stealing' part of their's.
The problem isn't anywhere near as serious these days as it was.

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005783)

Sorry Kate it was yours that was causing the problem first time I saw it a short while ago, I intended PM ing you about it but must have forgotten with looking into the problem.
I agree the rule is a little out of date for the reason Less said. For me the bigger problem is that these sites can delete or change the image to what they want at any time, a smilie could go from something innocent to something not suitable for this site.
I was searching old threads last night looking at the smilie problem of a few years ago and quite a posts are showing blank boxes where external smilies have been removed by the external hosts which does not look good.

I hate it when I am searching for car problems on other forums and all the pictures are missing showing how to do something because they were on photobucket or flickr and the owner removed them or closed their account.

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So, the safest thing is not to import any smilies then .... shame ... a smilie is worth a thousand words. :D

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 1005595)

Yeh but if its possible they may be dodgy,Weres the sense in risking it n buggering yer computer up?:confused:

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005862)

So, the safest thing is not to import any smilies then .... shame ... a smilie is worth a thousand words. :D

I know sod all about technical stuff, Its just a bit of common sense.:p

Re: Smilies malware warning

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Originally Posted by katex (Post 1005862)

So, the safest thing is not to import any smiles then .... shame ... a smilie is worth a thousand words. :D

Ya know what they say Kate Smile and the world smiles with you cry and you cry alone, pretty good advice really, if more people carried it out there'd be more peace in the world:)