Tonight I'm gonna give you useful tutorial to identify fake or phising URL's. Since we browsing internet, We got lot of links, Some links are fake or phishing links - So how can we identify this kind of links?
Often people will receive an email or instant message from someone who they do not know which then asks them to sign into a website. It is then that you must be careful before you click on anything as you may well have received a phishing email or instant message. It will then direct you to a phishing website.
These sites have been designed in order for them to steal details with regards to confidential information by getting you to believe that they are a legitimate site. Sometimes people have found themselves going to a phishing website without realizing it because they have typed in the wrong URL by mistake.
Unfortunately when it comes to making a decision as to whether a site is real or not it can be extremely difficult for most people. The simple fact is that a lot of these phishing websites have been designed so that they look like a genuine site. Often these sites will have what looks like the right logos and graphics that you will find on the site that you would expect to see.
One of the best ways of checking to see whether the site you are looking at is a phishing website or not is by looking at the following things in your web browser’s address bar. There are certain things which should hopefully help to tell you whether the site you have reached is genuine or not.
Look closely at the sites name in the address bar. In most what a phishing website will do is their address will be slightly different (but not much different) from the genuine one. If you look closely you will see that they have misspelled the company’s name or will have added an additional character or symbol before are after the name of the company.
Another good way of verifying if you suspect a site to be a phishing website is to see if they have omitted the forward slash from the websites address name. So say for example you are browsing using Yahoo. Then in order to verify that the site is a legitimate Yahoo site after the Yahoo.com a forward slash “/” should appear.
Also if you unsure as to what is a phishing website or what is not then look carefully at any pop ups that it may have. Certainly when you have been directed to a site and it immediately asks you to enter your name and password in to a pop up window then be wary. There are some scams where phishing is involved that they have been able to direct you to what is a legitimate site but then use a pop up in order to gain your personal information. So if you are unsure whether the site you have entered is a genuine one or not it is best if you provide them with incorrect information and it still allows you to sign in then in all likelihood you have been directed to a phishing website. So it is best if you close this down and report it immediately to your browser provider.
Few methods to help you identified Fake, Scam or Phising links:
URLVoid
Urlvoid.com is a FREE service developed by NoVirusThanks Company that allows users to scan a website address with multiple web reputation engines to facilitate the detection of possible dangerous websites.
Site Safety - Trend Micro
This free service has been made available so that you can check the safety of a particular URL that might seem suspicious. Trend Micro reserves the right to block automated programs from submitting large numbers of URLs for analysis.
AVG is dedicated to taking web threats to a deeper level in order to keep users safe online.
In addition to viruses and malware, phishing, scams, bad online shopping experiences, and untrustworthy content are becoming increasingly widespread threats on the web. They can only be identified by human experience.
WOT widens the scope of Web safety from purely technical security to helping people find sites that they can actually trust. Based on ratings from millions of web users and trusted technical sources, WOT calculates the reputation for websites, using traffic light-style icons displayed via search results, social media platforms, webmail, and many popular sites. Green indicates a trustworthy site, yellow tells users that they should be cautious, while red indicates a potentially dangerous site.
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