Maybe a naive question, but if I hit ctrl+U on a website and copy+paste another URL in place of the one that's already there...if the website in question happens to be infected, could I infect my computer doing this? I tried this to identify a shortened link (a bit.ly link) and now I'm wondering of it was a bad idea.
shareMaybe a naive question, but if I hit ctrl+U on a website and copy+paste another URL in place of the one that's already there...if the website in question happens to be infected, could I infect my computer doing this? I tried this to identify a shortened link (a bit.ly link) and now I'm wondering of it was a bad idea. - akira88
Viewing page source should be safe. The content only runs when the browser renders the web page.
Here's some more information on the subject: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-do-browsers-display-web-pages-and-why-dont-they-ever-look-the-same/
You should leave that sort of thing to professional Hackers.
As a hacker, if I really wanted to have access to everything on your computer
that is exactly how I would lure you in. With a shortened link that leads
to an infected web page either of my own design. Or if I just wanted to
infect your computer with malware I would get you to click on a shortened link
to an infected web page that some other Hacker designed and maintains.
Some other less professional Hackers talk about how they wish that they
could break into IMDB to pull up the information on users with whom
they couldn't win an argument to get "revenge" as they put it.
But that really isn't the way to go about it, shortened links to infected
web pages are definitely the way to go if you want to get so called "revenge".
You would be surprised how many users don't have antivirus software that
flags and prevents accidentally going to infected websites.
"Without education and intellectualism there is no morality."
At one time on The Soapbox board, it was a popular pastime to post shortened links that logged you off IMDb.
shareIf you go to the trouble of setting up Apache Server on your computer
to generate a spoofed web page, you may as well put something on it
a lot more destructive than that.
But for that you would have to be an actual computer programmer
instead of just being a script kiddie.
"Without education and intellectualism there is no morality."
Not a spoofed web page. Just a shortened url. Like Tiny URL, y'know? You click on it and, poof! You're logged out of IMDb. ▶️QUESTION AUTHORITY (go ahead, ask me anything)◀️
shareSome other less professional Hackers talk about how they wish that they
could break into IMDB to pull up the information on users with whom
they couldn't win an argument to get "revenge" as they put it. Some IMDb people are complete nutjobs.