Checking a website for safety

Kaspersky Free allows checking the safety of a website before you click a link to open it. Websites are checked using URL Advisor.

The URL Advisor component checks links on a web page opened in Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. Kaspersky Free displays one of the following icons next to the checked link:

 – if the linked web page is safe according to Kaspersky

 – if there is no information about the safety status of the linked web page

 – if according to Kaspersky, hackers can cause harm to your computer or your data by using the web page that the link leads to;

 – if according to Kaspersky, the web page that the link leads to can be infected or hacked;

 – if the linked web page is dangerous according to Kaspersky

To view a pop-up window with more details on the link, move the mouse pointer to the corresponding icon.

By default, Kaspersky Free checks links in search results only.