StumbleUpon

[mshockley]

So I happened upon...yeah....finally checked out this StumbleUpon business....
OMG you could seriously time suck away your entire day clicking that stumble button!

The darn thing had a pretty good hit rate based upon what I gave it for my interests and kept me amused for quite awhile

Your Time Is Up..... I found this to be particularly amusing

[faeriegodess612]

My husband sent me that one time. We share things that we find online that are funny through Skype.

[kcoppock]

I would caution you to be careful with it though, and be running some sort of malware protection. I used to love StumbleUpon, but after three separate instances of a stumble taking me to a rogue site and causing me hours of frustration to remove the malware, I've quit using it completely.

[mshockley]

Originally Posted by kcoppock

I would caution you to be careful with it though, and be running some sort of malware protection. I used to love StumbleUpon, but after three separate instances of a stumble taking me to a rogue site and causing me hours of frustration to remove the malware, I've quit using it completely.

ahhhh, thanks for the info.!

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by mshockley

Your Time Is Up..... I found this to be particularly amusing

Looks like someone climbed into Kirbinsters car - looks to be a big mistake.

[SusanH1970]

Originally Posted by Izzy

Looks like someone climbed into Kirbinsters car - looks to be a big mistake.

Hahaha I was thinking the same thing!!!!

[leannestarkie]

Originally Posted by kcoppock

I would caution you to be careful with it though, and be running some sort of malware protection. I used to love StumbleUpon, but after three separate instances of a stumble taking me to a rogue site and causing me hours of frustration to remove the malware, I've quit using it completely.

Wow i didn't know that, i am a regular stumbler haha ill keep it in mind thanks for posting it!

[mshockley]

Originally Posted by leannestarkie

Wow i didn't know that, i am a regular stumbler haha ill keep it in mind thanks for posting it!

I know, I'm kinda bummed because I really did have a good time hitting that stumble button and waiting to see what popped up...lol......now I don't know if I'll go back

[SwissJon]

ha ha.. Who needs a time suck.. I spend too much time on this site already!

[kcoppock]

Originally Posted by leannestarkie

Wow i didn't know that, i am a regular stumbler haha ill keep it in mind thanks for posting it!

Originally Posted by mshockley

I know, I'm kinda bummed because I really did have a good time hitting that stumble button and waiting to see what popped up...lol......now I don't know if I'll go back

Sorry to be a downer. :P I could just be incredibly unlucky, as it's obviously a widely used and popular site, but after three instances...it just wasn't worth the odds to me, haha.

Try Microsoft Security Essentials for running in the background, and, if you do end up getting some malware, you can use MalwareBytes to knock out most of them. The worse ones...they're removable, but sometimes you're better off just backing up your data and doing a system recovery.