Do you know a tool/site to scan for suspicious and malicious URLs?
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- Apr 21, 2016
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Sure, you can use tools like VirusTotal, URLVoid, or Sucuri SiteCheck. These scan URLs for potential security risks. Always remember to double-check any suspicious URLs before clicking.
I dont think urlvoid works. If you test you will see that their pattern matching in most cases fail, Virustotal includes more vendors and is better. I suggest urlscore.ai personally
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- Apr 11, 2024
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I don't know if you are looking for sites to do analysis, or just to prevent yourself for falling into downloading malware / scam. I want to post about prevention here.
For the initial look if a link could link to a scam site, I like https://www.scamadviser.com/ . I like it because I can assign a FF keyword and paste the site URL I want it to look at. It checks the domain age, gives you a computed score, and links to other reviewer's websites.
I never finds a hit with URL scan for VirusTotal. While maybe that is a good thing, it makes me wonder about the utility of using it for everyday URLs I run into. For this, AdBlock DNS (which would also block long-standing malicious IP addresses), uBlock Origin, Malwarebyte browser guard, and Bitdefender trafficlight seem to work better.
VirusTotal is an indispensable tool for downloading files, though.
For the initial look if a link could link to a scam site, I like https://www.scamadviser.com/ . I like it because I can assign a FF keyword and paste the site URL I want it to look at. It checks the domain age, gives you a computed score, and links to other reviewer's websites.
I never finds a hit with URL scan for VirusTotal. While maybe that is a good thing, it makes me wonder about the utility of using it for everyday URLs I run into. For this, AdBlock DNS (which would also block long-standing malicious IP addresses), uBlock Origin, Malwarebyte browser guard, and Bitdefender trafficlight seem to work better.
VirusTotal is an indispensable tool for downloading files, though.
Add an extension such as Bitdefender TrafficLight will do
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- Apr 25, 2024
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I just tried this site URLscore.ai » Detect/Stop Potentially Malicious Websites ... and looks really good! Thanks a lot!
- Feb 25, 2017
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Palo Alto: Palo Alto Networks URL filtering - Test A Site
Norton: Safeweb
URLScan: www.google.de - urlscan.io
URLVoid: Nobrain.dk Safe? Check it Now | URLVoid
Good extensions for Web protection:
Bitdefender Traffic Light, Malwarebytes Browser Guard, Netcraft, SafeToOpen
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