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    Default Bookmark for tinyurl

    This is the first bookmark problem I have had.

    Is a bookmark for <tinyurl.com> really malware or an infected site? I ask this because Spybot - Search and Destroy claimed my bookmark was SpywareBOT (Malware), but could not "fix the selective problem" itself.

    Deleting the bookmark manually did appear to solve the problem, but when I created a new bookmark manually Spybot - Search and Destroy flagged the newly created bookmark again. I had never even visited the url!

    I guess I am asking; "Is the url for <tinyurl.com> what is being flagged, and is it a problem url?" Is Spybot - Search and Destroy just trying to keep me away from a suspect url?

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    why does this "forum post" link to tinyurl. com? http://forums.spybot.info/showpost.p...postcount=1and

    spybot blocks it. why have links on this forum to sites that are blocked by spybot itself?
    Last edited by blues; 2008-08-20 at 20:47.

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    blues, I have to disagree. Unless that link was in the HOSTS file, then we would not have been able to visit the site at all.

    Spybot does not really "block" access to the site, but in most cases disables malicious banners, ads, and flash.

    stewjack, you'll have to wait until a official Spybot Team Member confirms this.

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    spybot blocked it to me, and spybots counter went up everytime i clicked the link. it is also in spybots hostsfile.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blues View Post
    it is also in spybots hostsfile.
    Are you sure about that? I can visit the site and do not have "tinyurl . com" in my HOSTS file.

    What counter? You mean SDHelper?

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    Hi there,

    I have linked this thread for a detective's attention.

    Thanks.
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    What counter? You mean SDHelper?
    yes....

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    I guess that'll clear some, thanks Tashi.

    I haven't tried to visit the site with IE&SDHelper. I'll do it now.

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    I can visit the site and do not have "tinyurl . com" in my HOSTS file.
    look closer

    I haven't tried to visit the site with IE&SDHelper. I'll do it now

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    How?!

    Yep, tinyurl . com loaded in Internet Explorer.

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