I don't want to download things with no pictures because it might be a dangerous download, that's why.
The presence or absence of pictures is not a good indicator of the safety of a download. For example, here is a picture:
It could be a picture of a MC mod, a map, or just about anything else, instead of just a cat picture from imgur. However, if you download this link, you will not have a cute cat leap out of your computer; it's malware that will take over your computer and send all your money to me:
There is no connection between the picture and the link -- and that's equally true of something the poster says is a screenshot of a mod and whatever the download in the post might be. The fact that there's a cute cat, or a cool screenshot, doesn't mean anything at all about the download itself. Remember: clicking on the link above will not give you a cute kitten.
Educating yourself about computer security is important. Really important. Knowing what has the potential to be hazardous (.exe files, for instance) and what doesn't, and what might be but rarely is, is important. So is knowing how to spot signs of potential hazards .. and what doesn't help, like the presence or absence of pictures purporting to be from whatever-it-is. I'm not going to try to explain it all here; there are some excellent websites that go into it in much more detail than I can in a forum post. But this is something you -- and by "you" I mean "y'all" -- need to know. Because if you think a posted picture makes a download safe, you would have clicked on that bit.ly link.
(note: of course it isn't malware ... but it could have been)
Here are the item ids:119-125
And here is the download link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hy7v4qoh2kvhphc/MyTestMod.zip
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Curse PremiumI changed addCraftRecipe in the latest update - you need to update your script for it to work with 1.6.8.
Your reason has no meaning. What if the "pic" was fake.
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Retired StaffThe presence or absence of pictures is not a good indicator of the safety of a download. For example, here is a picture:
It could be a picture of a MC mod, a map, or just about anything else, instead of just a cat picture from imgur. However, if you download this link, you will not have a cute cat leap out of your computer; it's malware that will take over your computer and send all your money to me:
http://bit.ly/1mfHoWG
There is no connection between the picture and the link -- and that's equally true of something the poster says is a screenshot of a mod and whatever the download in the post might be. The fact that there's a cute cat, or a cool screenshot, doesn't mean anything at all about the download itself. Remember: clicking on the link above will not give you a cute kitten.
Educating yourself about computer security is important. Really important. Knowing what has the potential to be hazardous (.exe files, for instance) and what doesn't, and what might be but rarely is, is important. So is knowing how to spot signs of potential hazards .. and what doesn't help, like the presence or absence of pictures purporting to be from whatever-it-is. I'm not going to try to explain it all here; there are some excellent websites that go into it in much more detail than I can in a forum post. But this is something you -- and by "you" I mean "y'all" -- need to know. Because if you think a posted picture makes a download safe, you would have clicked on that bit.ly link.
(note: of course it isn't malware ... but it could have been)
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