   | Senior Member with 328 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Experience: Advanced | | Find real web address If you feel sometimes you have been misdirected to a fraudulent web address and you want to check whether the website you are viewing is actually the one you intended to browse to and especially if you are making online purchases or accessing your bank details, then while you are on a particular website copy and paste the line below into the Address bar in your browser. Then press Enter. It will immediately show you the actual URL in a separate window. If the URL doesn't tally with the one you thought you had browsed to then exit immediately.
javascript:alert("Real web adress:" + location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/");
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Otto Von Bismarck |  | Distinguished Member with 39,510 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dayton,Oh | | Thanks Saxon....good tip  |  | Distinguished Member with 4,531 posts. | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: East London, UK Experience: Getting to Intermediate | | THanks for the tip  |  | Distinguished Member with 2,158 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter | | | | | | Distinguished Member with 39,510 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dayton,Oh | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Kenny94 |  ....LOL!
Yes...It was a good tip then, too |  | Moderator with 96,644 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience | | Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. | | | Senior Member with 328 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Experience: Advanced | | Sorry if it seems that way but I didn't get the information from any Tech Guy thread. Info like this is not unique to this forum, but apologies if anybody feels their tootsies have been trampled on. | | | Senior Member with 328 posts. | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Experience: Advanced | | To anyone who is hesitating in sending in any Tips/Tricks because you feel you might be accused of plagiarism, I say send it in anyway, you will have my moral support. Anyone who accuses you is obviously guilty of the same unless they can claim to have invented or created the said Tip/Trick and I don't see any such claim being made by anyone here. It's free information in the Public Domain and everyone should realise that.
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Otto Von Bismarck | | | Distinguished Member with 39,510 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Dayton,Oh | | Many tips are repeated.
I think Kenny94 was really having fun with me for forgetting as I replied several times to his post....LOL!.....my short memory
Thanks Kenny94/Saxon.....a good tip to be remembered. |  | Distinguished Member with 4,990 posts. | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Middle of the Med. Experience: Embryonic Stage |
09-Nov-2005, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Saxon To anyone who is hesitating in sending in any Tips/Tricks because you feel you might be accused of plagiarism, I say send it in anyway, you will have my moral support. Anyone who accuses you is obviously guilty of the same unless they can claim to have invented or created the said Tip/Trick and I don't see any such claim being made by anyone here. It's free information in the Public Domain and everyone should realise that. | Totally agree with you Saxon
Regards - Oldie | | | Distinguished Member with 2,158 posts. | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: S.C Experience: Malware Fighter |
09-Nov-2005, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Stoner Many tips are repeated.
I think Kenny94 was really having fun with me for forgetting as I replied several times to his post....LOL!.....my short memory
Thanks Kenny94/Saxon.....a good tip to be remembered. | It was. Stoner in Ohio and myself in Mich sometimes. Call it the Ohio and Mich thing like in college football action... | | | Moderator with 96,644 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: South Eastern PA, USA Experience: Advanced age & experience |
09-Nov-2005, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Saxon Sorry if it seems that way but I didn't get the information from any Tech Guy thread. Info like this is not unique to this forum, but apologies if anybody feels their tootsies have been trampled on. | No offense intended, we're just funnin' with you. |  | Distinguished Member with 9,539 posts. | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quebec Canada Experience: Beginner |
12-Nov-2005, 04:22 PM
#13 | Thank you. That is very helpfull and everyone should know about this
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