Imageshack Promotes Malware

My 3rd attempt to post a reply, curse you Telstra!

Imagedump seems to be getting itself together though its still pretty rough. Given BCs family friendly policy I don't think we're going to be recommending it soon though as the advertising is a little "mature age only":
(Click the thumnail)



Scarlett - how about this?

CAUTION
Photobucket, TinyPic and Imageshack may display advertisements
of a deceptive nature disguised as system messages.
Clicking on these ads may result in malware being installed on your system.
Please do not click on any advertising content or other messages while using these sites.

Edited by Rimmer, 17 January 2006 - 02:02 AM.

That'll work.

I need the hair loss ads.
I dunno 'bout the 19yr old onwebcam.

bottomline:

clicking on advertising content can always be a source of problems ?

I use mooland.com for large files. However I still imageshack. I really don't see the point of trying to avoid it because of the ads. You can't control them, why not use the Firefox extension "nuke all."

perhaps imagehigh is a good, cleaner alternative ?

http://www.imagehigh.com

Thanks *Desdinova*

That looks great! Do you use it? And if so for very long?

Hi Scarlett


Yes, I use it for about 6 weeks or so (not registrated), and personally I really like it

* Haven't experienced that the server was down by yet (Imageshack really has many and long downtimes lately)
* You can upload lager files and simultaneously for more images
* No disturbing ads when you click a thumbnail (Imageshack shows since a few days (?) a "falling" advertention in the middle of the hosted image when one clicks the thumbnail-version to enlarge it)
* It's fast and easy to use

Although that "Useful Links: StuffAllFree" at the bottom, might not be trustworthy
but if not, it is not "that" present as in Imageshack


Enjoy

Thanks for the quick reply, *Desdinova*.

And for all the additional info.

You rawk!

*Desdinova* - Imagehigh looks very promising, thanks for the link!

yano -

I really don't see the point of trying to avoid it because of the ads.

My point is that BC is a site with a strong bias toward helping novice computer users. It would seem to me to be irresponsible and counterproductive to then recommend (as we do) that those users go to sites that allow adverts, for very dubious products, disguised as fake system messages. You and I both know not to click on these ads because that may allow malware to be downloaded onto our systems, novice users may be more easily duped.

The aim of this thread was threefold:

• To warn members to beware of these kind of ads.
• To encourage people to pressure imageshack not to run them.
• To find an alternative image host which does not run this type of ad.

Personally I haven't seen any of the 'malware' ads on Imageshack since our mini email campaign so maybe we did some good there? Well done those of you who did contact them.

Edited by Rimmer, 25 March 2006 - 07:47 AM.

Another solution for HSI user would be to use IIS to host your own pictures via a free DynDNS service.