Free tool checks links for threats
Desktop Pipeline has a piece about one way to guard against links that might be phishing sites or Trojan downloads. A tool called “LinkScanner” will check out an URL for you. It’s free (so far) and can be accessed here. It’s one way to check out links in emails that you receive. You copy and paste the URL into the tool on the LinkScanner site. Be careful when copying an URL that you do not accidentally click it.