I'm disappointed that google let that through. I guess they do a pretty good job of filtering these overall.
On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Harald Hanche-Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > [Mark Hahn <[email protected]> (2012-12-28 20:18:17 UTC)] > >> Does anyone know what these are? > > Clearly, that was link spam. > >> I innocently clicked on it and the >> browser flashed and took me to a random site locally here in my town. >> Did I pick up a virus? > > I don't know; not really inclined to check in detail. But if you > download the link with curl or a similar tool, you'll see a few lines > of HTML with a meta http-equiv="refresh" pointing to what seems like a > marketing website. > > My guess: Harmless, though annoying. But if you're worried about > malware, running a scan with your favourite malware scanner is never a > bad idea. > > - Harald -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
