SecurityRatty: Careful before you click that URL.

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Careful before you click that URL.

2008-07-22 23:51:34 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog

As this great post at PCMags security section says, please be careful when choosing to click a link to visit a site.
If youve never heard of the product, do a lil research first. Visit a review site or use a search engine to check it out.

clipped from blogs.pcmag.com

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