AVG has released a new Link Scanner which is available as a add-in for both Firefox and IE to check the safety of links on the fly. AVG LinkScanner offers safety rankings for all search results on Google, Yahoo, and MSN. The pages which are safe in searches will have green check marks next to them and unsafe ones will have red “X” and a pop up windows offer more information on why it is unsafe.
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Apart from this, Link Scanner also does the scanning of all links in bookmarks, email and Instant messengers. The scanning happens internally and will not effect the speed of searching.
The active search shield will prevent you from navigating to vulnerable sites when you type in the URL in the browser. Link Scanner works silently in the back ground and does not directly effect your browsing experience, but at the same time warns you about threats in links.
Link Scanner works with most popular Windows OS including Win2k, XP, Vista (32 &64 bit) and Internet Explorer (6.0+) and Firefox (2.0+) browsers.
