Safe Website Check – how many of you do this when you are not sure about an URL that you have gotten from someone and don’t know if you should click on it or not. Well I’m going to share with you what I do when in doubt.

There are sites out there that you can put in the URL and they will tell you if it is or not – for all you people that have Norton – I don’t know if you are aware of not but they do have a site that you can check out an URL – now keep in mind – I have found that one will show bad on one and not another – so this is not 100%.

You do have to have a Norton account to use this one and here is the link – Norton Safe Web – now what happens at these sites – people just like you and I are the ones that can keep these sites more accurate – when you see a bad site add it so that the rest of know about it.

Under the Safety and Threats you will find an online Glossary explaining what Phishing Attacks, Spyware, Cybersquatting, and the list goes on for you that have never heard these terms.  It will also show the latest threats and latest reviews are there and on the Community Buzz page.

Another one is AVG Threat Labs – this site also lets you add your URL and will so a safe website check – what I mainly use these sites for is the shorten URLs and you really don’t know what is hiding behind that URL and don’t be afraid to use more than one as I have also found that one will say it’s safe and yet it’s a threat on another one.

Most of the virus protection companies offer this service and all you have to do is just type in Safe Website Check into Google and you will see all the ones there – I just keep these handy and if I have that question mark go off in my head – then I head to them and check the URL out.  Better to be safe and it don’t take that long to check them.