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Board Beginners & Help
Re: How to verify a URL of a website
by
noorman0
on 14/10/2023, 07:04:07 UTC
Maybe there are ways we can successfully avoid phishing emails and links 100%, if there are, I do not know any, but we can verify if the link sent to us is genuine or not.

We all know that THE SITE MUST USE HTTPS.
It is an SSL certificate that simply encrypts your connection more securely from malicious attempts by third parties. Phishing sites are malicious efforts carried out by a second party, its the site owner. In fact, fake and phishing sites can also activate SSL certificates, this method does not protect you from phishing at all.

You have to manually type the url, or copy the url and then use "search with google" in the address bar. Genuine sites are usually indexed in the top search results (except ads).