Post by Gio » 10 Dec 2020, 10:02
If in doubt about an online service, you can check it's online reviews (multiple sources if possible) and also other info such as website creation date, etc. (You can get these on a WHOIS website such as
www.who.is ).
Online service scam sites are usually either too recent (less than six months old) or have already been reviewed as fraudulent. You can check multiple review sites (if available) to avoid reaching out a review site in control of the scammer (if in doubt about a particular review site, always keep in mind that a typical trustworthy review site will NOT be one to review a single online service but rather many different online services).
Also, while
.ico files CAN house some types of malware, it is somewhat unlikely as this is not a file format that directly houses executable instructions.
Here you can find a list of file formats that are executable types and therefore are more likely to house viruses.
If in doubt about an online service, you can check it's online reviews (multiple sources if possible) and also other info such as website creation date, etc. (You can get these on a WHOIS website such as www.who.is ).
Online service scam sites are usually either too recent (less than six months old) or have already been reviewed as fraudulent. You can check multiple review sites (if available) to avoid reaching out a review site in control of the scammer (if in doubt about a particular review site, always keep in mind that a typical trustworthy review site will NOT be one to review a single online service but rather many different online services).
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