Comments on: Viddyho Tinyurl Link on GTalk IM – Is It a Phishing Link?

By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:50:36 +0000

@Ross,
Valid points mate!

By: Ross Craig

Ross Craig — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:19:02 +0000

We are told all the time not to click on links in emails, but on Twitter it is flooded with TinyUrl, are they any safer, NO.

I never got this in my gtalk, but I did see this somewhere else though, I never did click on the link.

By: Raju

Raju — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:08:47 +0000

@latestnightowl,
I did the same thing and I didn’t want to risk my gmail account at any cost. Just changed my password.

By: Yogindernath

Yogindernath — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:10 +0000

I think we should see the complete URL first before entering our credentials.. I really dont understand how people take it so lightly.. Yogindernaths last blog post..How to Data Drive a Test Script using IBM - RFT?

By: latestnightowl

latestnightowl — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:51:47 +0000

If you clicked on the click but didn’t enter any info, are there any precautions to take? I guess I clicked on the tinyurl link during the peak of the storm because the viddyho website was down (servers were busy), although I definitely wouldn’t have been silly enough to fork over my password…

By: ADD

ADD — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:36:40 +0000

you might add to the article: dON’t Ever eVer put your password into a site that is not the site where you created it.

it’s like sharing needles or sleeping around – at some point it’ll catch up with you

By: atta boy

atta boy — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:16:04 +0000

It happened to me too. I received a video message in gtalk from someone I have not chatted with in 3-4 years. Even if it had been from a friend, none of them are retarded enough to start a message with ‘lol’. I did a preview.tinyurl.com and saw it linked to some viddyho website. Nice try, @$$holes! I am not falling for it. Though I received a couple more of those links so some people are buying it. If this spreads, tinyurl.com will be pariah-ed , and I feel sad for that.

By: Raju

Raju — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:02:14 +0000

@VS,
Change your password right NOW. If you are on Firefox, clear your cache and cookies.

By: Silona

Silona — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:01:34 +0000

SCAM! Because it happened to me and @ekai as well.

don’t give away those gmail passwords peeps!!!

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:50:40 +0000

I just had someone tinyurl me the same link over iChat. Some long viddyho.com url slash a bunch of stuff. It took forever to load, so I closed the tab. I IM'd him back asking what it was, and he told me he got some kind of virus on his iChat client. He appears to keep going online/offline, but hasn't sent me anything since. Hoping I'm not at risk because the page never loaded. Tims last blog post..*Energy Star* Sofas