Check shorten link before click. It could be a malware link!

in #esteem7 years ago (edited)

What is shorten link?

A long url is addressed inside a short link named as shorten link or shorten URL.
Short link is just a display link.
When you click on this, it will take you to a addressed website.
There are over 200 sites provides shorten link service.
Example : Bit.ly , Tinyurl , ow.ly , goo.gl , youtu.be

Bad guys always use this shorten link service.
They insert their malware link in short link so general user don't know about the real site name by looking.
So its necessary to check every short link before you click.
Hopefully there were some websites that provides this checking service.
Here is one website like that check short link
If you do not want to click on my given link you can search on google directly by “check short link”.

You need to copy the short link and put in the box of that site and after clicking the Expand button It will display below the original link inside the short link.
So you can be sure what the website is about!
It is your desired website or some malware link!
So always check short link.
Happy internet surfing.
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