Missing Files
Whether or not you purposefully added a non-image file to your fusker collection you are likely to encounter situations where image references in your fusker collection are invalid or not images. This can happen for many different reasons, but here are a few common instances which can cause this to happen:
- You purposefully add a reference to a non image.
- Auto Range Fusking includes files which do not exist
- Client side hot-linking to an image file is blocked by the web domain
In these cases you will see something similar to the following:
This is another case where Image Surfer Pro makes surfing for images safer – had you tried to directly reference this file outside of the Image Surfer Pro application, you could have been directed to a harmful URL, even one that could Have exposed your system to identity theft. The name of the file reference will also be included to help identify what portion of the fusker collection is generating the invalid reference.
While missing files are of little consequence in viewing the fusker collection they should be avoided because even accidently clicking the link could expose you to harmful or undesired content. In addition each missing file reference causes a server error event for content host which initiates tracking. In some cases your IP address may be temporarily or permanently blocked from accessing the domain. Therefore it is in your best interest to try and not generate missing file references and to eliminate any from fusker collections you utilize.
Utilizing the Image Surfer Pro Forms or thumbnail processing capabilities of Image Surfer Pro will help keep you from creating references to missing files as both techniques reference only files which are known to exist (as they were contained in pages already accessed). In many cases fusked list files created by these techniques may later be optimized to be numerical fusks with the Optimize tool.
In other cases, careful examination of site information around the images may provide an indication of how many images are stored on the site - enabling you to set the auto range size correctly with the Auto Range Override tool bar extension before creating the fusker collection entry.
Obviously changing the start or end values of a numerical fusk will remove references to missing files at the beginning or end of the sequence easily enough. A simple use of Image Surfer Pro Forms can be used to remove missing file references in the middle of a numerical fusk:
- First display the "Expanded View" of the file
- Make sure either of the Auto Select configurations are enabled
- Use BAM! on the generated visualization page to generate an Image Surfer Pro Form for the sequence
- Unselect the check box associated with the missing images
- Delete the file segment from your fusker collection
- Use Bolt! to process the form
WARNING! Clicking on a dead image reference may take you to a harmful website – these “missing” files
are often embedded in Adult sites to install spyware on your system. Do not click on a dead image link unless you
are sure where the link leads and trust the content provider.
