I it safe?

Question

Is it safe to open the LINKS that people attach when they answer a question?

Does Yahoo check them?

Answer 1

Yes because any of us that know about computers report people that link to dangerous sites.

Answer 2

it's probably safe. yahoo checks them but only if a user requests that (reports a link). you may be the one who'll report a link so it's not 100% safe but it's usually ok

Answer 3

I believe this forum is for helping each other out and posting virus bound links is not ethical.

Be safe though , have antivirus and antispyware regularly updated.

Answer 4

some of them lead to advertising and fake downloads in u turrents beware

Answer 5

download mcafee siteadvisor its good and it will tell you if its a safe site the free 1 is good and the paying 1 is better because it blocks the website from you going on it

Answer 6

NO - its one way of getting a virus or spyware from yahoo answers.

Does Yahoo check them - NO.

Use free McAfee siteadvisor:

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

This link is safe.

Look at this question:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

Some of us do warn people.

Answer 7

Usually they are safe, but i try to use only safe links that i have used myself.

Answer 8

dont  use links, type in the site name or program name and search for it yourself. most links are safe but not all so its better safe than sorry.

Answer 9

nope, they aren't checked, but they usually are safe, if they aren't, you can report the question

Answer 10

No, because 99.99% of people who put up links in the answers are responsible people. I think most of them would take affront you even suggesting that, me included!