Scammers often use attractive email links to attract people. Such suspicious links are quite dangerous. Usually, such emails are received in our inbox as spam emails, sent to a separate folder by the company’s email service. However, sometimes these spam emails bypass the security check and reach the primary inbox. When you open it, there is a link to click inside, but it is unsafe to click without verifying it. Here we are telling you such methods, with the help of which you will be able to check suspicious links without clicking on the email link:
Use a link scanner: If unsure whether a link is safe to click, use Norton Safe Web (safeweb.norton.com) to scan the link. It can be used on both PC or Mobile. Open Norton Safe Web in the browser on the PC. Now paste the suspicious link in the given box and press enter. On the next page, Norton will show whether the link is correct or not. Apart from this, malicious people can also take the help of URL scanners. It is also a link scanner, which can be used to check suspicious links with just one click. You need to follow the relevant link.
You have only to copy and paste the relevant link. For this, you can use www.ipqualityscore.com Now the suspicious URL has to be entered here. After this, you will see a detailed report of that URL on the next page. You will be told whether it is safe to click on the link.
Chrome Extension:- You can also take the help of “Dr. Web Link Checker” which is a Chrome Extension to identify suspicious URLs and phishing sites. This is probably the best way. In this, you do not even need to copy-paste the URL. To install “Dr. Web Link Checker“, you must visit the Chrome Web Store. From here, click on Add to Chrome or Add extension on “Dr. Web Link Checker”. After adding it, go to your email and open that mail.
