Don't Use Adfly - A healthy reminder

[DerVVulfman]

While adf.ly is a legit (though highly annoying) url-shortening service that generates money for site owners via advertising, it has been extremely susceptible to malware over the years.  Advertisements through the service may install adware, spyware and even malicious malware.  

Over the years, it has been subject to these problems, and it is not expected to get better.  So I recommend that it not be used, and to avoid downloading any content through the service.


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