Thank you for the info, I feel better now, I don't take being threatened lightly and I was very worried.
On Oct 18, 9:37 am, SteveW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that is a tactic that some webmasters use to try to stop > "hotlinking". > > Sometimes websites put a link on their website that, if clicked, pulls > content from some other website without their permission. That's > called hotlinking and it's a form of theft. > > The site whose images, for example, are being stolen, might serve a > page instead of the requested image, and the page can say something > like "hack attempt logged" or something along those lines. > > If you go back to the site where you were, right-click on the image > and view its Properties, you might find that it's really coming from a > different website, and it might be that that website's webmaster is > angry enough about hotlinking to output a threatening message like > that when it occurs. > > That really isn't your fault, and it's an overly aggressive tactic > sometimes used by very frustrated webmasters, if that's what this is. > As you can attest to, it goesn't give anybody a positive view of their > website, even if they are the ones being victimized. It only upsets > users, who aren't to blame. > > Basically, I wouldn't worry about it. But if you determine that the > website where you were at is stealing another website's images, I'd > stop going there. > > I figure it's unlikely that any of the things they threatened would > actually occur. They could log your IP address and trace it to your > ISP, but beyond that they have no idea who you are unless your ISP > tells them, which they are extremely unlikely to do in these > circumstances. Clicking on a link and accidentally triggering a > hotlink isn't "hacking" by any stretch of the imagination. > > Actually, however, if you do want to follow up on this, you could find > contact info for the website whose images are being stolen, and tell > THEM about the website where you found the stolen images. > > The thief would be the website with the LINK that you clicked on. > The victim website (whose images were being stolen) would be the > website that gave you the threatening message (the website you found > by looking at the image's Properties). > > I'm only guessing that this is the situation, but it seems likely. > > I wouldn't worry about it. > > This wouldn't be anything to report to Google or StopBadware, though, > as it isn't really a badware issue -- those are only things like > viruses or spyware. > > On Oct 18, 2:52 am, Darkwing42 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, I am wondering what I should do about an art site that I was > > simply browsing in and it had a link that lead me to a page that > > claimed I had attempted to hack into there system and that they were > > reporting me to my ISP, I only clicked on a link to an image so I > > can't understand why they are threatening me like this. I don't know > > what I can do but I figure that it falls into the same category as a > > harmful site and that the folks here may have an idea what to do, at > > the least maybe make sure that it's checked by some others to stop > > people from being threatened. I'm not sure if I should state now the > > site or not or wait for someone with some more info, I know Google is > > supposed to be one of the partners for Stopbadware, as well as > > Mozilla, and they may want to know more, I just don't know though, I > > am using Firefox and if the site is not Mozilla friendly they may want > > to know, and I figure Google might possibly want to warn people about > > the site, but I'm at a loss on what to do, so please if there is > > anyone who knows what to do please speak up, thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message through the Google Groups "stopbadware" 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/stopbadware?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
