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Re:Https URLs posted in private Skype chats visited by Micro... by nivla on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @11:01AM (#5705304)
> It is not a fitting explanation for spam or phishing prevention.

It is very common for spammers to break into other websites (using simple well known exploit) and create links redirecting to the site hosting the malware. So a site should not be excluded just because it has SSL.

Edit: "should" -> "should not"

Re:Https URLs posted in private Skype chats visited by Micro... by tlow on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @12:11PM (#5705866)
Is it possible that you meant to say not as in "a site should not be excluded just because it has SSL"?
Re:Https URLs posted in private Skype chats visited by Micro... by nivla on Tuesday May 14, 2013 @12:30PM (#5706012)
Yup sorry, that is what I meant to write: "should not".