[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I recently received an e-mail from a trusted friend who provided a link, with the suggestion that I'd find it interesting. I clicked on the link, which turned out to be a dumb ad. When I called my friend, he said he'd never initiated the e-mail to me with the ad link. Subsequently everyone in my address book was sent an e-mail from my ID (NOT from me) asking them to click on the link.

My question .... How do you know what links are safe? Like the one posted here by njbchbum. Is that a safe link?

bare - i rarely click on a link that is emailed to me - even if from a friend. re the link i posted, i ASSUMED it to be safe since it was a story reported on national news.

when i want to research a topic on the internet i go to my norton search engine that comes with the norton security suite i use. it will then list the suggested websites; and each site indicates whether it is 'norton safe' and can be clicked on with reasonable safety.

if you want to do more reading on this dnschanger malware, here's the results list from my norton search for 'dnschanger':
dnschanger - Norton Safe Search
[cut and paste link if clicking it does not redirect you there]