On Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:29:18 +0100, Jeff Layman
wrote:

On 03/09/2011 22:18, Jake wrote:
On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:41:21 +0100, wrote:
(snip)
Thanks Mr Spider. I'd suggest that using a photo posting site such as
Flickr or Photobucket (and there are loads of others which other
posters will probably recommend) is better - we tend to ignore "click
to download" links because we never know what we will end up
downloading.

Do you always check to see what you are downloading when you click on
the photo at those sites? Because you are actually downloading a file
to your computer to view it.

At least with a button marked "click to download" you know clearly that
something is being downloaded to your computer.

Yes. If I'm clicking a JPG link and the file isn't a JPG or the site
link isn't to the site I'm expecting I rely on my AVS/Firewall/browser
protection to tell me (assuming the rollover messages appearing as I
point to the link don't alert me before I click). Something has to get
through the hardware firewall at the router as well as the software
one on my desktop. The decent photo-hosting sites will actually detect
an upload of (say) an EXE anyway.

On the other hand, if I click a link to download an unspecified file,
on a site that hosts any type of file, I don't know what I'm getting.
Whatever file type comes down, the system assumes I want it and so
will only run the standard anti-virus check on it.

Cheers
Jake
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