For all forum users who post links to external materials:

It is up to you to maintain your computer, in regards to anti-virus, firewalls, anti-malware software, etc. Your protection of your machine is YOUR responsibility, NOT OURS.

Now, to forum users who post such links - no more links to "heavy 'dash' r dot com" will be tolerated.

No more links to heaven 666 or . x - - hamster dot com.

In fact, if you type these in, or paste them, they will no longer display.

Xtube is safe - they want to make $$$, so they do not have adware/malware/viruses implanted in their site like these others do.

ANYONE POSTING A LINK ON THESE BOARDS TO THE SITES MENTIONED ABOVE, HEAVY R, , OR WILL BE BOOTED.

Period.

When in doubt about a site, DON'T post the bloody link here!

If I click it and an alert goes off, you're GONE.

The Admin's here are not going to police the links because some dumbass can't keep security up on his own machine to know that he's visiting a malicious website, and wants to share the infection with everyone else.

AVG is free. So is Avira.

There are plenty of firewall programs out there.

Malwarebytes is the BEST software I have found for nasty little infections and blocking known malicious sites. They have a free version, but the $15 paid version in real-time protection is AWESOME!

So word of advice: get thee unto download.cnet and start shopping around for shareware stuff and such to protect yourself.

So, while we're on the subject.

I received three infractions on another board today that I USED to frequent.

Two were for links posted where I didn't rate them as G, PG, R, etc. Seriously. And my posts were pulled as well.

Another, I paid someone a compliment on HIS own personal thread.

It was flagged as spam and I got more points off.

So if you think this is harsh, let me remind you that this forum is probably one of the loosest boards out there in cyberspace, and that it's really, REALLY hard to upset someone here and get yourself into trouble.

Here are the sites that are off limits for posting links to:

heavy dash r dot com

x - hamster dot com

heaven 666 dot org

Youtube links are fine. Xtube links are fine.

Believe it or not, Xtube goes to great lengths to keep their site "safe" to visit. They do want to make $$$ after all.

And yes, we'll issue warnings before you get your butt canned from EA, just in case you didn't see this first, and because we're such wonderful and caring people.

Bump.

Bump-dee bump-dee bump...

Go look up the reference, if you don't know...

I'm going to bump this one up again about links and links in signatures.

I shouldn't have to remind everyone about links to external sites and especially SPAM, but it seems that we must!

If you're unsure about a link, don't post it on the boards or in your signature.

The next signature I find with a link, we're going to test out the old infraction thingy on you.

Only if I don't get to you first, I am not as nice as the Evil Overlord, and less forgiving

River

And I make Riverwind look like your kind old Granny. --FLO--

Damn, I've gone soft in my old age.