is icoConvert.com safe? Topic is solved
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is icoConvert.com safe?
Hey earlier today i used the website icoconvert.com to convert a png to a .ico, im worried it could of been a virus as i was getting an error in the script. I later used the website cloudconvert.com to get a .ico file that worked. Im just concerned because the first one didnt work but the second one did, im probably just paranoid, is there any chance i could have a virus from the ico file i downloaded from icoconvert.com? is that website trusted?
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Re: is icoConvert.com safe?
I don't know sure, but i think that there is no risk unless:
1) You already have a virus app installed that treats and uses the icon as a binary virus.
2) You rename it to .exe and run it (
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1) You already have a virus app installed that treats and uses the icon as a binary virus.
2) You rename it to .exe and run it (
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Re: is icoConvert.com safe? Topic is solved
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.
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.
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Re: is icoConvert.com safe?
Thanks!
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Re: is icoConvert.com safe?
Actually you can convert image files to .ico very easily using ImageMagick, here's a .bat file for doing this:
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"path-to-imagemagick\magick.exe" convert -background transparent "%1" -define icon:auto-resize=16,24,32,48,64,72,96,128,256 "%~n1.ico"
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