“[This tip came from Vic Laurie via Gizmo, ‘A Community Site for Reviewing and Rating the Best Free Software‘] Vic runs several websites with Windows how-to’s, guides, and tutorials, including a site for learning about Windows and the Internet and another with Windows 7 tips.”
- To check that a link is really related to what you see on a web page, hover the mouse pointer over the link. The actual hypertext for the link will be displayed in the lower left corner of the screen on major web browsers.
- Read the hyperlink very carefully
- Check the target page of a hyperlink
- Of course, there are also any number of browser add-ons that can help you check out an URL so another approach is to skip copying the URL and instead rely on a browser feature or add-on to warn about potential bad web pages before you actually go there.
Source: www.techsupportalert.com