I believe that everyone will receive some links shortened to short URLs when using the communication software LINE or SMS. Sometimes these short URL links may be converted from malicious websites. If you are not careful, it can easily directly infect your computer. Most elderly people will not specifically verify whether the URL is malicious, so they just click on the short link to check. If you want to know whether these URLs are normal and safe URLs, you can actually check it through Expanded URL, and you can also use Google to diagnose whether the URL is safe, which is quite good.
How to use Expanded URL to check whether the short URL is complete?
First, enter the Expanded detection website and you will see an input box. Users only need to enter the short URL they want to detect and click the “EXPAND URL” button to perform the detection.
After parsing the short URL, you can immediately see the original URL. Here you can see the full source URL of the original URL.
Google Safe Browsing will also be used to verify whether the website is normal. As long as you see the green OK status, it means there is no problem with the URL. If you encounter some unknown links, you can use the Expanded URL to check before entering the website. It will be much safer.
- Expanded RUL shortened URL detection website:https://www.expandurl.net/expand
Source: KOCPC Chinese