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So it is important to also check the URL in your address bar _after_ you click, as well. This trick won’t be able to fake that.

• ominous_prime 16y ago
  But would you always catch it if you were redirected to www.youtube.com.you1ube.com/something? Or possibly worse - http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else
  • lanaer 16y ago
    In this I rely on my browser to filter deceptive characters in domain names. When I hover over the link you gave (or click it and see it in the address bar), it looks like http://www.youtube.xn--combad-site-hx3f.com/something_else http://www.youtube.xn--combad-site-hx3f.com/something_else (which lets off plenty of flags for me).
  • Pistos2 16y ago
    When hovered, then clicked in Opera: opera:illegal-url-24 Error! Invalid URL The URL http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else http://www.youtube.com⁄bad-site.com/something_else contains characters that are not valid in the location they are found. The reason for their presence may be a mistyped URL, but the URL may also be an attempt to trick you into visiting a Web site which you might mistake for a site you trust.