How Surfwise checks a link
Surfwise किसी लिंक की जाँच कैसे करता है
When you paste, share or scan a link, Surfwise checks it in three steps before anything opens. The checks run in the Surfwise app; a link you paste on this website is handed to the app. Each result appears only after its check has actually finished, and if a check cannot be completed, the report says so instead of guessing.
Where does it go?यह लिंक कहाँ जाता है?
A link often is not where it leads. Short links, ad links and tracking links pass you through other addresses first, so Surfwise follows the whole path before judging anything.
Redirect chain
Surfwise follows each hop, up to a safe limit, and shows the path it took. A loop, a very long chain, or a hop to a private network address counts against the link.
Source: Surfwise scanFinal address
The page the link really lands on. For a protected short link, the report shows only the destination’s domain, not the full address.
Source: Surfwise scan
Who runs it?इसे कौन चलाता है?
Real businesses run on domains that are years old and have working certificates. Scam pages are often set up days before they are sent to you.
Domain age and registrar
When the domain was registered and through which company, read from the public domain registry. A domain less than 30 days old is a warning sign. Some registries do not publish dates, and then the report says so.
Source: domain registry (RDAP)Certificate
Whether the site uses HTTPS and shows a valid, in-date certificate for its own name. Plain http is a warning sign; a certificate made out for a different name is a strong one.
Source: Surfwise scanHosting
The network or content delivery service that serves the site, such as Cloudflare. It tells you something about who runs the site; on its own it is not a verdict.
Source: Surfwise scanLookalike names
Surfwise compares the name with well-known brands and catches swaps such as
Source: Surfwise scanpaypa1org00gle. A name built to be mistaken for a bank or a wallet is treated as dangerous.
Is it safe?क्या यह सुरक्षित है?
Surfwise asks security services whether the link is already known to be harmful, then adds its own tests of the address. Everything is summed up as one verdict and a score out of 100.
Google Web Risk
Google’s lists of pages known for malware, phishing and unwanted software. When Google lists a link, the report shows Google’s own advisory.
Source: Google Web RiskCloudflare security DNS
Surfwise asks Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.2 resolver about the site’s name. It refuses names known for malware and phishing, and a refusal makes the link Dangerous.
Source: Cloudflare 1.1.1.2PhishTank
A community list of reported phishing pages. Surfwise keeps a copy on its own server and searches it there, so your link is not sent to PhishTank.
Source: PhishTankWarning signs
Surfwise’s own tests of the address. Each one is a reason to look twice, not proof of a scam:
- Domain registered in the last 30 days
- Name imitating a known brand
- No HTTPS
- Certificate expired or for another name
- Raw IP address instead of a name
- Mixed alphabets or punycode
- Domain ending popular with throwaway sites
- Many subdomains
- Unusually long address
- Many redirects
- A third-party link shortener
- A hidden username before an @
What the verdict means
नतीजे का मतलब
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Safe सुरक्षित
The final page uses HTTPS, none of the threat lists names the link, and Surfwise found no warning signs.
Still: never share an OTP, PIN or password because a page or message asks for it.
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Be careful सावधान रहें
At least one warning sign, such as a brand-new domain, no HTTPS or a chain of redirects, or a part of the link that could not be checked. It is not proof of a scam.
Look twice before you sign in, pay or download anything.
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Dangerous ख़तरनाक
A threat list names the link, or it shows a strong scam sign: a name imitating a known brand, a certificate made out for another site, a hidden username trick, or an address inside a private network.
Do not open it, do not pay, and do not enter any details.
The score out of 100 sums up the same signs; higher is better. A link that a threat list names never scores above 10.
What Surfwise does not do
Surfwise क्या नहीं करता
- Read your SMS, WhatsApp or notificationsYou choose what to check by pasting, sharing or scanning it.
- Look into your other appsSurfwise has no access to other apps or their data.
- Send us your browsingHistory, tabs, bookmarks and downloads stay on your phone. Only links you ask to check reach our server.
- Ask you to sign inNo account, no password, no phone number.
- Route your trafficSurfwise is not a VPN or a proxy. Pages load straight from the site.
- Promise that a link is 100% safeIt tells you what it found. The final decision is yours.