Check the destination URL before clicking

In this article, we will show you a way worth hundreds of dollars more to buy Internet security software.

Check the destination URL before clicking Picture 1 Network Administration - The main CRL is the trail of the Internet world. The Internet is what is related to URLs. They take you from one place to another, from one Website to another. However, besides these advantages, they also bring you many threats to threaten you about Internet security.

If URLs are boulevards to access huge Websites that contain a lot of information in them, they can also lead you to bad places or websites with bad content, which could harm system of visitors. So in this case, you are the one who decides where you want to go. It is necessary to be rational and careful and develop the habit of carefully observing the destination before clicking on any URL.

In this article we introduce you to a way worth more than hundreds of dollars that you have to spend on Internet security software. It should be noted that prevention is always better than treatment.

How to check the destination of the URL

How to check the destination of a URL is really easy. You just need to activate your browser's status bar (most are enabled by default on ON) and create a habit of observing the lower left corner of the browser.

Whenever you click on a link on any page or email, create a habit of hovering over the hyperlink and viewing the information in the browser status bar. The browser status bar will show you the destination of the URL. Remember that this may be different from what is shown on the website.

For example, if you click your mouse on the link below.

www.google.com

And look at the status bar.

If you click on this link, it will take you to the Yahoo homepage, not the Google homepage.

This simple tip is used for millions of daily phishing attempts and you will be surprised to learn that many of them have been successful only because we do not pay adequate attention to the status bar.

Please log in to your Gmail account.Go to Settings then at the bottom of the settings page, select the 'Always use https ' option and click the Save Changes button.