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Owner:	whois
Server location:	US
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bit.ly, a simple url shortener

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Reputation rating:
	Trustworthiness	89
	Vendor reliability	90
	Privacy	90
	Child Safety	89

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Comments by category:
Good site	28
Useful, informative	15
Good customer experience	3
Spam	65
Bad customer experience	7
Phishing or other scams	18
Malicious content, viruses	28
Browser exploit	3
Spyware or adware	12
Other	3

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Date	Source	Category	Comment
07/18/2009	plasticmadness	Good site	Bit.ly is not responsible for any form of spam! The users a ... 17 Bit.ly is not responsible for any form of spam! The users are!! The bit.ly service is indeed used to hide bad links in spam mails, as much as all other url shorteners, HOWEVER, IT'S INDISPENSABLE AND NECESSARY TO SAY THAT BIT.LY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WAY THEIR CLIENTS USE THE SERVICE! If you received an e-mail with a bit.ly link that redirected you to malwares sites, the only person to blame is the e-mail sender, who happened to shorten a URL using bit.ly. It's not bit.ly's fault! The same thing applies for all other URL shortener services. WOT already wrote an article about URL shortener services being used in order to hide bad links in e-mails, but PLEASE what everyone must keep in mind is that such services hold no responsibility for the way people use it. I could post a bad shortened link now here myself if I wanted to, redirecting you all to some malwares site, but that would be MY responsability, not bit.ly's! URL shorteners are great and useful, and the fact that it's used for scam purpose only means that we should be even more careful about what we click. Saying Bit.ly is responsible for spam is the same thing as saying Gmail is responsible for spam just because someone is using their gmail account in order to send spam. It's just not true. In case you are not registered or familiar with the bit.ly service, you should know that they have a firefox plug-in which allows the user to foresee the original link and it's content before you even click it, so in case it's a known malware site or even a suspicious link, you have the option not to visit the site. The plug-in also "foresees" the hidden links from all other URL shortener services. [ link to this comment ]
06/24/2009	Galaxyfox	Useful, informative	URL Shortening Service. Like all services, can redirect to s ... 10 URL Shortening Service. Like all services, can redirect to spam/malicious sites. But the site is generally safe, just like all URL Shortening Services. Some shortened links load a warning first if they were flagged as being dangerous or spammy. Galaxyfox TechAirlines.com "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars." [ link to this comment ]
02/03/2010	VeryPrivate	Malicious content, viruses	Got sent this link: http://bit.ly/9FJ6dB 100 % spyware/tro ... 7 Got sent this link: http://bit.ly/9FJ6dB 100 % spyware/trojan/Malware. THIS SITE SHOULD BE RED. [ link to this comment ]
05/19/2009	moneyballs2	Spam	The fact this is a URL shortening service means that it is h ... 6 The fact this is a URL shortening service means that it is hard to trust, mostly because spam emails would use these shortened URLs to mask their links. However, this site is very useful, but still the links are not reliable as they mask the intended destination, which could be a spam site or a site that automatically downloads a virus. [ link to this comment ]
05/23/2010	Matty0364	Malicious content, viruses	This Website has been Listed as Malicious - http://www.freep ... 5 This Website has been Listed as Malicious - http://www.freepcsecurity.co.uk [ link to this comment ]
05/08/2010	jimbotron69	Phishing or other scams	personal info not safe on this site 5 personal info not safe on this site [ link to this comment ]
12/13/2009	SharpOnScreen	Bad customer experience	urls can be cloaked, so you dont know where you getting redi ... 3 urls can be cloaked, so you dont know where you getting redirected to... Regards, SharpOnScreen [ link to this comment ]
12/28/2008	indiessance	Spam	spamvertised URL redirection Canadian pharmacy 3 spamvertised URL redirection Canadian pharmacy [ link to this comment ]
07/19/2010	svchost.exe	Spam	Spammer 2 Spammer [ link to this comment ]
07/13/2010	FreakEROS	Phishing or other scams	Phishing Scam / Keylogger hxxp://bit.ly/confirmando-dados 2 Phishing Scam / Keylogger hxxp://bit.ly/confirmando-dados [ link to this comment ]

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