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Link Alert
Version: 0.8
Downloads Count: 4,882
License Type: Free
Price: Free
Date Added: Mar 21, 2008
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 98, Palm OS, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows Vista
Requirements: Mozilla Firefox 2.0
File Size: 94 KB
Author: conlan
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Editorial Review of Link Alert
Links look pretty much the same. It's natural to assume that an innocent Web page lies behind that underlined text--but sometimes it's not. Click unwarily, and you could end up with a hard drive full of unwanted PDFs and mystery files. Worse yet, you could download malware. Link Alert tells you what kind of file lies behind that link, letting you decide whether to click or not to click.
Link Alert is a Firefox extension; it installs directly into your Firefox browser. Once it's installed, you see it only when something's unusual about a link. If you mouse over a typical Web page link, nothing happens. But if you mouse over a link that goes to any of the 12 supported file categories (including Adobe PDF, Javascript, Microsoft Word, and .zip files), Link Alert shows an icon that tells you what type of file you'll find. The icons are very clear: a musical note for music files, a filmstrip for video, a gear for applications, and so forth.
Informed with Link Alert's information, you save yourself unnecessary clicks. You can also save bandwidth and hard drive space for the things you really need. Best of all, you can save yourself some headaches by cutting off one paths that malware can take into your PC.
Note: This link takes you to Mozilla.org, where you can automatically install the file into your browser.
--Laura Blackwell
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