Check a link
Paste a link or web address. The check breaks the address down, shows the actual host name and explains features you should verify independently.
No result of this check proves that a website is genuine, safe or fraudulent.
The address you enter is analysed only locally in your browser. The website is not opened and the address is not stored or transmitted.
What does the browser see? Fictional examples
account.example.com
Host name account.example.com – “account” is a level in front of example.com.
paypal.example.invalid
Host name paypal.example.invalid – the brand name is only a front level.
paypal.com@example.invalid
Host name example.invalid – “paypal.com” is only in front of the @ and is not the destination.
xn--bcher-kva.example
Punycode for “bücher.example” – a technical notation for international names.