Is this dangerous ?

[secret santa]

I've noticed that several people have put up what are ostensibly links to their Onedrives within a post - could this be a way of linking to a dangerous website ? I certainly never click on a spurious link within an email but some unscrupulous hacker might choose to tempt me down this route.

[zookeeperz]

8 minutes ago, secret santa said:

I've noticed that several people have put up what are ostensibly links to their Onedrives within a post - could this be a way of linking to a dangerous website ? I certainly never click on a spurious link within an email but some unscrupulous hacker might choose to tempt me down this route.

I click anything. Got more protection than MI5 lol. I guess it would depend on the link title. Obv if onedrive is in the make up I would think it's safe but from a poster with no previous posts I would air on the side of caution and let some dumb sod like me click it

 

[Sword]

25 minutes ago, secret santa said:

I've noticed that several people have put up what are ostensibly links to their Onedrives within a post - could this be a way of linking to a dangerous website ? I certainly never click on a spurious link within an email but some unscrupulous hacker might choose to tempt me down this route.

I think it's "safe" if it is from a poster you are familiar with. I won't even open an e-mail if the title looks dodgy let, alone clicking on any spurious links within. 

[Peckris]

Who remembers Marina from Romania? 

[Rob]

20 minutes ago, Peckris said:

Who remembers Marina from Romania? 

Only remember a bit of her.

[Peckris]

10 hours ago, Rob said:

Only remember a bit of her.

I remember the same bit. 

[Paddy]

On 12/03/2018 at 7:13 PM, secret santa said:

I've noticed that several people have put up what are ostensibly links to their Onedrives within a post - could this be a way of linking to a dangerous website ? I certainly never click on a spurious link within an email but some unscrupulous hacker might choose to tempt me down this route.

As well as making sure that you have good virus protection in place (I use Avast, which is free, and seems to be pretty good) there is a useful tip that not everyone realises:

If you hover the mouse pointer over a link without clicking, you should see the actual address it is linking to at the bottom of your browser. (At least that is where it appears on my Chrome browser - it may vary with others.) If the address that appears does not match what you are expecting, don't click! So if you are expecting a link to Barclays Bank and the address that appears starts ivans.bank.ru - you know what is going to happen!

 

[secret santa]

22 hours ago, Paddy said:

If you hover the mouse pointer over a link without clicking, you should see the actual address it is linking to at the bottom of your browser.

Thanks Paddy - I've never noticed this before as it's quite unobtusive. V useful.

[secret santa]

But then again, when I hover over your onedrive link, the name fills me with dread (it's certainly not something that I'd recognise !)

[Paddy]

3 minutes ago, secret santa said:

But then again, when I hover over your onedrive link, the name fills me with dread (it's certainly not something that I'd recognise !)

 I guess so - you get used to reading them after a while: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Alos83kNwyLnlTlOiAH27d-L-FL8

the "https://" - the S tells you it is a secure site, properly registered and certificated.

the "1drv.ms" is the website name Onedrive uses for its service - that I admit is confusing, but that is what they have. The "ms" is microsoft's own extension.

the "/f/" i think tells you it is a folder coming up rather than a single file/image

the rest is the unique identifier generated for my folder.

The things to watch out for include unexpected extensions like "ru" for Russia, or "xxx" for porn. Also ".asp" means it will perform a function when it gets there rather than just open a file or webpage. In the end though, if you have antivrus installed the worst you will get is a message from your anti-virus saying "blocked for:{reason}".

Hope that helps.

[secret santa]

Thanks again. Tell me, how did you obtain this link ? I have my own Onedrive with several files/folders. If I wanted to make a folder available as you have, what do I do ?

[Paddy]

Just now, secret santa said:

Thanks again. Tell me, how did you obtain this link ? I have my own Onedrive with several files/folders. If I wanted to make a folder available as you have, what do I do ?

Fairly straightforward. If you are accessing Onedrive online:

1. In Onedrive click the little circle at the top right of the folder you want to share.

2. On the top bar you will now see a "Share" button - click this.

3. Pop up gives you the option to allow people to edit your files (No!) and also set a time limit (up to you).

4. Select "Link" - it will now create a link address similar to the ones I have posted and the option to copy this - do that.

5. Create your post or email and at the appropriate point, paste your link. Bingo!

If you have Onedrive resident on your computer so that it appears as another directory on your computer it is slightly different - let me know if that is the case.

 

[secret santa]

42 minutes ago, Paddy said:

If you have Onedrive resident on your computer so that it appears as another directory on your computer it is slightly different - let me know if that is the case.

I think that this applies to me.

[Paddy]

1 hour ago, secret santa said:

I think that this applies to me.

OK - it many ways it is easier. Open file manager and click on the Onedrive Library, navigate to sub folders if necessary. Right click on the folder you want to share and click on "Share a Onedrive Link" from the drop down. Onedrive will create the link and Copy it to your clipboard. (Depending on your system, you may get a notification pop up to tell you it has done this.)

Then create your post or email and Paste in when ready - the link should appear.

If you are on Apple Mac or some tablet device I am not the one to help you!

 

[Peckris]

Can anyone solve this mystery for me? I have a Microsoft Live account which I only use for the free 5GB storage it offers. I always used to access OneDrive by logging into the hotmail account, then selecting OneDrive from the little square icon representing the apps associated with an account.

Just recently, I've done the same thing - logged into my hotmail account - and there is no way to access OneDrive or any other app from there. That little square icon of tiny squares has gone. What gives? How do you access your OneDrive?

[Paddy]

26 minutes ago, Peckris said:

Can anyone solve this mystery for me? I have a Microsoft Live account which I only use for the free 5GB storage it offers. I always used to access OneDrive by logging into the hotmail account, then selecting OneDrive from the little square icon representing the apps associated with an account.

Just recently, I've done the same thing - logged into my hotmail account - and there is no way to access OneDrive or any other app from there. That little square icon of tiny squares has gone. What gives? How do you access your OneDrive?

It is still there for me and I have accessed Onedrive through it recently. It sounds like an account issue with Hotmail - are you paying for the service or just using the freebie? If paid, it may be that your latest payment didn't go through and you have reverted to minimal service? Just thoughts - if all else fails use the Help/chat for Hotmail and see what they have to say.

 

[Peckris]

1 hour ago, Paddy said:

It is still there for me and I have accessed Onedrive through it recently. It sounds like an account issue with Hotmail - are you paying for the service or just using the freebie? If paid, it may be that your latest payment didn't go through and you have reverted to minimal service? Just thoughts - if all else fails use the Help/chat for Hotmail and see what they have to say.

 

Mystery solved. The square icon HAS gone as part of the new layout, but there's a new set of drop down menus one of which is "Products"; in there is OneDrive. But you know what they say in software - "If it ain't broke, we'll fix it".  

[secret santa]

On 3/19/2018 at 8:23 PM, Paddy said:

Then create your post or email and Paste in when ready - the link should appear.

Yes, it worked - generated a meaningless string of characters like yours but seemed to work. Thanks.

My next question - if I create such a link, how do I then in the future prevent other people from accessing it if I wish ?

[Paddy]

4 minutes ago, secret santa said:

Yes, it worked - generated a meaningless string of characters like yours but seemed to work. Thanks.

My next question - if I create such a link, how do I then in the future prevent other people from accessing it if I wish ?

OK - I have just explored this and it seems to work like this:

1. In your file manager right click on the folder you want to stop sharing. In the drop down select "More Onedrive sharing Options"

2. It opens Onedrive in your web browser (takes a little time) and presents all your sub folders and a pop-up box which has options such as "Allow Edit" and "Set Expiry date". At the bottom is the word "more" - click that.

3. Pop up expands to show options for Facebook etc and "manage permissions" at the bottom - click that.

4. Now you get a side panel come up. I think there are two ways of doing it: There is an option with "Allow anyone with this link to access" and an X beside it - if you hit the X I think this stops that approach. Or below that there is "Can view" - if you hit that there is an option to "Stop Sharing", which will achieve the same I think, but may mean all sharing of your folders is blocked. (I don't want to do either at the moment as I am happy to carry on sharing!).

I hope that helps!

[secret santa]

Thanks Paddy, I'll print this out and have a play.

[copper123]

On 12/03/2018 at 10:51 PM, Peckris said:

Who remembers Marina from Romania? 

She was a very naughty girl - she deserved a good spanking