Website Checker with DeepSearch. Follow a link before you trust it.
Read the real domain
See the registered domain behind a link, including text hidden before an @, lookalike names and long subdomains.
Trace every redirect
Up to five HTTP and HTTPS responses are followed, and each destination is checked before the next request runs.
See when the domain was registered
Registration dates and registrars for the first and final domains come from RDAP, when the registry supplies them.
Check threat lists
Both addresses are compared with Google Web Risk and abuse.ch URLhaus. New scam pages are often not listed yet.
Spot impersonation
A familiar domain placed in front of the real one, or a known brand's name on a domain it doesn't use, is flagged.
Know where the check stopped
A timeout, a blocked redirect or a missing record leaves the result incomplete. It is shown that way, never as safe.
HTTP responses, registries and threat lists. See the evidence behind each link check.
Live HTTP responses
Anonymous, bounded requests that record each redirect. The trace shows only requests that actually ran.
RDAP registration records
Registration date and registrar for the submitted and final domains.
Google Web Risk
Google's list of known phishing, malware and unwanted-software addresses.
abuse.ch URLhaus
A community-run list of addresses used to spread malware.
Impersonated organisations
A reviewed list of the domains commonly impersonated organisations actually use.
The page's own title
Read from a small part of the page and shown as the site's own claim, not as proof of who runs it.
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Questions about a website? Here’s what a link check can tell you.
It can help you investigate a link, but cannot establish that a website is legitimate or safe. It follows the redirects, compares the address with the domains commonly impersonated organisations use, checks Google Web Risk and abuse.ch URLhaus threat lists and reads the domain's registration. A listing is a strong warning; no listing is not a pass, because new phishing pages appear faster than lists are updated. Confirm sensitive requests through a channel you already trust.
When you choose Check website, DeepSearch sends anonymous HTTP or HTTPS requests to the link and its redirects. The website can log them. We do not send your browser's cookies, follow sign-in, execute scripts or submit forms. A link passed from Scam Checker is only prefilled until you choose to check it.
This tool does not save the submitted URL or result to an account, database or result cache. The address, without the part after a question mark, is sent to Google Web Risk and abuse.ch URLhaus to check their threat lists. Keep the tab open to retain the result. Avoid submitting links containing passwords, sign-in codes or other private tokens; target websites and registries have their own logging policies.
A site may time out, block automated requests, redirect in a loop, use browser-only navigation or point to a refused destination. The trace shows how far the check got. Those limits do not make the link safe or prove it is fraudulent.
Yes. Website Checker is free and needs no account. A short per-visitor rate limit keeps it available for everyone.
No. HTTPS means the connection to the site is encrypted. Scam sites can get certificates too, so a padlock says nothing about who runs the site or whether it will deliver what it sells.
Start with the domain: does it match the brand you expected, and how recently was it registered? Run Website Checker to trace redirects and check threat lists. Then find the business's registration and contact details through an independent source before you pay.
Google's Safe Browsing site status page shows whether Google currently lists a site as unsafe, and Website Checker queries Google's Web Risk list as one of its checks. Both only know pages that have already been reported, so a new scam page can pass.