That's too bad. What kind of link does he send? I mean a lot of times you can guess that something's wrong from the URL itself. Many people on my contact list have these virus links automatically sent through IMs and you can tell there's something wrong when you see the link.
Well you can try looking at things like the extension of the file, the port being called, sometimes the domain is fishy. If I see the link, I could probably point out some red flags.
mr. munhoos ?? and you actually took him seriously?! stop talking to every tom dick and manhoos, for gawds sake its a public forum and i thought u were a smart girl
I was barely talking to him, I figured he was a multinick. I didn't know clicking on a friggin link would launch a trojan. I dont even believe him about the trojan. That's how lame this guy is, he just says he launched a trojan with the link - he could just be bluffing.
He was sending the same links to other girls. That's why I'm saying - beware of this nick. Or anyone who sends you a random a/s/l request and a picture.
People post links in chat all the time - to pics, to videos, to music. I didn't see this link as any different.