I already mentioned about AVG Link Scanner, which scans all Search Engine Results to check if there’s any Active Threats present in websites. Active Threats means Viruses, Trojans, Spywares and Malwares present in websites, which gets into a computer without user consent at all.

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Once these threats enters the computer, the Computer starts behaving abnormally or you will become victim of Data Theft. So it’s always recommended that you Scan Websites for these threats, which you feel are completely new to you or you have any sort of suspicion on them.

One way is to scan Websites is to make use of AVG Link Scanner Feature and Searching for the Exact Website URL in Google, Yahoo! or Live. With this method you will start feeling a bit irritated afterwards. So, it’s better to make use of Online Link Scan Free Service.

Online Link Scan make use of multiple Link Scanning Services like PhishTank, AVG, Site Truth and Google Safe Browsing API, so you will get accurate information regarding a particular website.

Let’s clear this with some examples:

I used Online Link Scan for Scanning Mrintech.com for Active Threats and following is the scan result:

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In a similar manner, I scanned for a website which contains Software Cracks (not disclosing the name) and got the following scan results:

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Online Link Scanning is must when you enter a completely new site or you feel your PC is behaving abnormally just after entering a particular site. It’s better to confirm such sites for active threats and completely leave them in order to prevent furthur infections.

So now, You can check yourself How safe is Entering a Particular Site?