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Turn any link into a suspicious-looking one

330 pointsby defaultnameherealmost 8 years ago

20 comments

rjbrockalmost 8 years ago
A similar site has been around for a long time: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.shadyurl.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.shadyurl.com&#x2F;</a><p>example: google.com -&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.5z8.info&#x2F;dogs-being-eaten_x2r3rq_5waystokillwithamelon" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.5z8.info&#x2F;dogs-being-eaten_x2r3rq_5waystokillwitha...</a>
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OJFordalmost 8 years ago
If I were trying to send someone to my nefarious website, I&#x27;d definitely now wrap the link in this, so that the savvy viewer would think it&#x27;s a harmless verylegit.link...
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nandhpalmost 8 years ago
Is there any way to get SSL error messages in Firefox?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;irc.verylegit.link&#x2F;0x8c*download()194mobiads(windows8!downloader.sh.exe" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;irc.verylegit.link&#x2F;0x8c*download()194mobiads(windows...</a> is supposed to redirect to Facebook, and it does if you use HTTP. However, over HTTPS Firefox just gives me a very generic &quot;Secure Connection Failed&quot; message. (Chrome is rather more helpful, giving me &quot;ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED&quot;.)
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BenjiWiebealmost 8 years ago
The suffixes should be exe, com, js, hta, vbs, and so on, for extra evilness.
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btschaeggalmost 8 years ago
<p><pre><code> How does it work? Due to rapid advancement in dark ritual technology, the programming community has streamlined the Development and deployment of unspeakable eldritch horrors. Using robust open-source libraries like a sack of live geese, websites like this one can be developed with far more efficient sacrificial rituals than ever before. We&#x27;re still stuck on the version with really inefficient sacrifical rituals though, due to comp͆aͭatib̊i̼͕l̈̿i̮̜t̚y̅ ͊i͋s̾s̢͈͠u̶e̛̊s̼̃. </code></pre> Not that I&#x27;m in need for an URL shortener, but I really like the style it&#x27;s &quot;advertised&quot; in :-)
Retr0spectrumalmost 8 years ago
This could potentially be useful to scammers, to pre-filter out the kind of people who click on shady links.
acbabisalmost 8 years ago
This is neat. I&#x27;ll make sure to use it whenever I post something here or on Reddit. Great work
zeepalmost 8 years ago
redirect to about:config -&gt; <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hey.look.a.verylegit.link&#x2F;765ip-stealer_.json.zip" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;hey.look.a.verylegit.link&#x2F;765ip-stealer_.json.zip</a><p>and get a Corrupted Content Error (edit: under Firefox)
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rkuykendall-comalmost 8 years ago
I built this years ago when I made it up during an IM conversation with a friend and we realized it wasn&#x27;t taken: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shadydownloads.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shadydownloads.com&#x2F;</a>
SimeVidasalmost 8 years ago
I get “Secure Connection Failed”in Firefox Nightly when clicking on the demo link.
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ameliusalmost 8 years ago
I&#x27;d like a way to get some statistics, e.g. how many people clicked the link, etc.<p>That might even be useful when posting links to HN.
dredmorbiusalmost 8 years ago
I&#x27;ve DNS blackholed the entire .link TLD, along with .science, .country, .click, and .rocks.<p>So, there&#x27;s that.<p>(DNSMasq, router-based blocklist.)
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alexdransalmost 8 years ago
Hi, would you please consider paramaterising the input in the URL so that I can use it with Chrome&#x27;s Omnibar?
pavlakoosalmost 8 years ago
But what for? So that people don&#x27;t click it?
qumealmost 8 years ago
Woz would love this, I hope he gets to see it
Mayziealmost 8 years ago
Doesn&#x27;t work for any HTTPS site.
dingo_batalmost 8 years ago
Unable to open in Edge: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;nBAne" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;nBAne</a>
m0atzalmost 8 years ago
How is this top of hacker news???
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pmiller2almost 8 years ago
Mods, thanks for changing the title. It was screwing with the layout on mobile.
logicalleealmost 8 years ago
This:<p><pre><code> secure.verylegit.link&#x2F;warez737speedupurpc.gif.pdf </code></pre> (example from site) doesn&#x27;t look dodgy to me at all.<p>I&#x27;d have no qualms clicking on it, because my browser and I can handle suspicious websites. (Especially ones ending pdf.)<p>Something that would give pause would be:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinyurl.com&#x2F;2ea2mu4?command=127.0.0.1&#x2F;activate" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tinyurl.com&#x2F;2ea2mu4?command=127.0.0.1&#x2F;activate</a><p>I would think...wait a minute... I probably wouldn&#x27;t click this example.
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