How to tell if a website is safe

guest · Jun 23, 2021

How to tell if a website is safe
It can be difficult to tell a legitimate website apart from an unsafe one
June 23, 2021
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/06/23/how-tell-if-website-is-safe/

You probably visit tens, if not hundreds, of websites daily. You read a news article here, check your social media there, then you watch a TV show on a streaming website, and click on a link your friend sent you. However, are you sure that all the websites you’re visiting are safe and that none of them is, for example, a phishing site?

In this article, we look at some simple steps you can take to investigate whether the website you land on is safe and secure and you aren’t at risk of losing your data or downloading malware onto your device.
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Out of character: Beware of misspelled URLs and ambiguous characters

Check if a website is malicious

Look for a privacy policy

Find contact information

Check for the “S” in HTTPS, but…

Use a reputable security solution

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Final thoughts
You might now feel that this is a tall order of things you should do to remain safe. Indeed, there are other things you really ought to pay attention to as well, such as whether a website has weird ads incessantly popping up all over the place, or whether a website is riddled with errors and bad grammar, which may indicate that you have stumbled upon a fraudulent website.

Anyway, to sum it up, you should be on the lookout for misspelling in the website’s URL, scrutinize its security certificate, and preferably try to manually type out the address or use only trustworthy links.
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