{"id":9962,"date":"2017-04-13T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=9962"},"modified":"2017-04-12T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T16:04:51","slug":"quickly-double-check-url-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/quickly-double-check-url-address\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Quickly Double-Check a URL Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

Does the following scenario sound familiar? You receive an email saying your web browser\u2019s security has been compromised. You\u2019re asked to click on a link. However, when you click the link, you aren\u2019t taken to the website you expected to go to, but instead to the website of a scammer. Make sure you\u2019re protected online \u2014 even if you click on a dangerous link by accident. Use Anti-Hacking to secure your web browser against malicious websites, pop-ups, and phishing scams:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"activate-safe-navigation\"<\/a><\/center>We don\u2019t often think about whether a URL is correct before we click on a link or paste a URL into our web browsers. DFNDR\u2019s Anti-Hacking tool ensures that you won\u2019t reveal account information on false sites, like the ones you could run into by using an incorrect URL. But, just like you always double-check a site\u2019s security before shopping online, you also want to double-check any link you visit, even if you don\u2019t intend to enter sensitive information on the site. The following will give five simple tips for ensuring that a URL is correct before clicking a link or pasting it into your browser.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read More: <\/b>How to Shop Securely and Safely On The Web<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Make Sure You Remember the Beginning of the URL<\/b><\/p>\n

The letters and symbols at the beginning of a URL are important. Don\u2019t forget to include the forward slashes after the colon in \u201chttp:\/\/.\u201d Additionally, don\u2019t forget to include a \u201cwww\u201d if your website isn\u2019t loading properly; sometimes your website won\u2019t load without these letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Forget the Ending of the URL, Either<\/b><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to check if your domain name is \u201c.com,\u201d \u201c.net,\u201d or \u201c.org.\u201d The wrong ending means that your website won\u2019t load properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Check for Case Sensitivity<\/b><\/p>\n

Did you know that everything after the third slash in a URL is case sensitive? That means if you\u2019re typing in a URL after the third slash, you need to make sure that you\u2019re checking which letters should be capitalized and which shouldn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are You Spelling the Website\u2019s Name Correctly? <\/b><\/p>\n

A common hacking scheme is to change the letters in a website just slightly to dupe people. Don\u2019t let this happen to you. If you\u2019re familiar with the name of a website, double-check that the name is spelled correctly in the URL.<\/span><\/p>\n

Look for Punctuation<\/b><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re copying and pasting a URL from an email or website, check to see that you haven\u2019t also copied additional punctuation, like commas or periods. These pieces of punctuation will cause the page to load incorrectly.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s important to double-check the correctness of your URL. An incorrect URL can lead you anywhere from a frustrating website to a phishing scam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4025,1475,249],"class_list":["post-9962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","tag-dfndr","tag-scam","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}