Is this a virus link?

[one]

so my friend gave me a link suddenly bartolomew: ahaha, lol [REMOVED]
this is what he says so I didn't click it I copied the link then paste it on my old Laptop which it downloaded something in my Google Chrome. This is the link of the picture http://imgur.com/gallery/FCW8z the link of our chat http://imgur.com/gallery/1BpOO so I need your opinions guys help me.

[Dumb]

Why would you post a potentially harmful link on a forum for other people to click?

[Einhardt_]

all of my friends, spaming my chat, like that,, in this week, i think it's 3rd party software to hacking your steam,,,

[Falro the Great]

Yes, that is a malware link. Why would you post it in public? You should delete it ASAP.

[Aries]

Originally posted by Ricardo Shillyshally:

Why would you post a potentially harmful link on a forum for other people to click?

Exactly. No one is going to click and investigate that. Don't click any links. Period.

[Snapjak]

Originally posted by Aries:

Originally posted by Ricardo Shillyshally:

Why would you post a potentially harmful link on a forum for other people to click?

Exactly. No one is going to click and investigate that. Don't click any links. Period.

Yeah, no. That's not how the internet works.

The reality of it? Someone has already clicked the link and is now infected. Because they have terrible internet security practices. Like the OP for actually posting it.

[76561198152167391]

lol im not clicking that ♥♥♥♥. Did Op get hacked as soon he clicked this? Holy.

[Teksura]

Here is a tip:

http://wheredoesthislinkgo.com/


This site can take those links and tell you exactly where it redirects to. And exactly like you thought, that one goes straight to a google drive link with auto-download enabled.


https://support.google.com/docs/answer/2463296?hl=en


This is my next stop!

[Teksura]

Be aware that the user who sent you that was quite possibly infected themselves. This used to be a HUGE problem which had a lot of people very angry and upset at Valve for "not doing anything about it". The virus would actually force the infected to send messages just like that to their friends, and because it comes from someone trusted people would click it and become a victim. I used to see several new threads a day about this on the forums, and good friends of mine whom I considered to be very inteligent were sending me the telltale links, indicating they had gotten infected as well. Then Valve added email confirmations and the mobile authenticator and threads about this problem were very quickly replaced by threads complaining about email confirmations and the mobile authenticator. Go figure.

[one]

Ok thanks guys sort for the link

[one]

Sorry*

[Jck||ky]

The virus forces the infected chap to pass it on.

[Danny "Pinhead" Happyman]

Even better: "does this smell like chloroform?"

[Aries]

Originally posted by Danny "Pinhead" Happyman:

Even better: "does this smell like chloroform?"

Lol,very apt.