Free Chrome extension · Powered by Jev
See where a link really goes before you click.
A free Chrome extension that shows where a link really goes when you hover it, and asks before a likely scam opens.
On your phone? Check a message or a QR code
Confirm your account
account-verify.example/login
- Goes to
- account-verify.example
- Lists
- Listed
- Verdict
- Scam
Read the idea
deepstash.com
- Goes to
- deepstash.com
- Lists
- Not listed
- Verdict
- Safe
ebay.com/itm/226499280220
t.co/51cUykOuWG
- Goes to
- ebay.com
- Lists
- Not listed
- Verdict
- Safe
Pay £1.45 redelivery fee
parcel-redelivery-fee.top/pay
- Goes to
- …
- Lists
- …
- Verdict
- Waiting
Tax your vehicle
www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax
- Goes to
- …
- Lists
- …
- Verdict
- Waiting
Weekend menu
our-bakery.netlify.app
- Goes to
- …
- Lists
- …
- Verdict
- Waiting
Confirm your account
account-verify.example/login
- Goes to
- …
- Lists
- …
- Verdict
- Waiting
LinkGuard check
Pay £1.45 redelivery fee
parcel-redelivery-fee.top/pay
- Goes to
- parcel-redelivery-fee.topDirect
- Threat lists
- Not listed
- Jev
- Scam
- Shown as
- Asks before it opensScam
- Known phishing & malware links watched
- 93,000+
- Real phishing links tested
- 70,000+
- Most checks, start to finish
- < 1 s
- Public threat lists
- 3
- Passwords or form fields read
- 0
Speed: 40 live checks from London on 28 Sep 2026, 37 of them under a second. Tested: more than 70,000 phishing links from the PhiUSIIL research dataset, run through LinkGuard’s rule-based quick check. Watched: links on OpenPhish, PhishTank and URLhaus, refreshed about hourly while LinkGuard is in use.
Try it now
Check if a link is safe
Paste any link. LinkGuard follows its redirects, looks it up in 93,000+ known phishing and malware links, and asks Jev.
On your phone? Check a whole messageYour verdict and where the link really goes will show here.
How it works
Checked in about half a second.
Step 1 of 5: Rest on a link. A tag shows where it really goes.
On your phone
Check links on your phone, too
Scam links don’t only come by email. On your phone, LinkGuard checks the links in a text, a WhatsApp message or a QR code before you tap.
Copy a text, WhatsApp message or email, open LinkGuard and tap Paste and check. It picks out the links (up to 8) and checks each one.
Point your camera at a QR code on a poster, parcel card or parking sign, or pick a photo of one. The code is read on your phone, and only the web address in it is checked.
Put it on your home screen
It opens like an app, straight from your home screen. No app store, no account.
iPhone, in Safari
- Open linkguard-one.vercel.app/share in Safari.
- Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
- Open LinkGuard from your home screen.
Android, in Chrome
- Open linkguard-one.vercel.app/share in Chrome.
- Tap the menu (⋮), then Add to Home screen and Install.
- Share messages to LinkGuard, or paste them.
On a computer?
Scan this with your phone’s camera to open the phone page.
Powered by Jev
A clear decision in about half a second.
Most checks finish in under a second, start to finish, so the answer is there while you hover.
Lists only know scams someone has reported. Jev judges the rest, including brand-new sites.
Jev answers with a verdict LinkGuard can act on, not a paragraph for you to read.
LinkGuard’s own rules can make Jev’s answer more careful, never less.
Other ways to check a link
- Threat lists aloneonly know scams already reported.Jev also judges brand-new links.
- Link-checker websitesmean copy, paste, wait.LinkGuard checks as you hover.
- AI chatbotsgive you a paragraph to read.Jev gives you a verdict.
Threat lists
Stay ahead of new scams
Lists refreshed about hourly
OpenPhish, PhishTank and URLhaus are refreshed about hourly while LinkGuard is in use. Jev judges what they haven’t caught yet.
Tell us when it’s wrong
Tap Wrong answer? under a result, or Wrong? in the extension. Reports help us find and fix mistakes, and are deleted after 90 days.
Privacy
What we send, and what we don’t
Only the link you point at is checked. No account, nothing sold, no ads. Details in the privacy policy.
Never sent
- The rest of the page
- Form fields
- Passwords
- Cookies
- Your browsing history
Kept
Verdicts, with the link, its text and the cleaned title: up to 10 minutes. Registration dates of lesser-known sites: 7 days. A wrong-answer report, only if you send one: 90 days.
Sent when you hover a link
Email addresses and long numbers are taken out of the page title before it leaves your browser.
Then, on our server
- Redirects
- Followed by our server, not your browser
- Threat lists
- Our own copy, nothing sent out
- Site age
- Only the domain name is looked up
- Jev
- The link, where it leads, its text and the cleaned title
FAQ
Questions about LinkGuard
Getting started
What is LinkGuard?
A free Chrome extension that shows where a link really goes before you click it. It follows short links and redirects, checks the link against public phishing and malware lists, and asks Jev, TypeSafe AI’s decision model, about links no list knows. If a link looks like a scam, LinkGuard warns you and asks before opening it.
How do I check if a link is safe?
Rest your pointer on it with LinkGuard installed, or paste it into the checker on this page. LinkGuard follows the link to where it really lands, looks it up in public phishing and malware lists, and gives you a clear answer such as Safe, Check first or Scam.
Is it free?
Yes. There is no account and nothing to pay.
How is it different from Chrome’s Safe Browsing?
Chrome’s Safe Browsing warns you when you open a page on Google’s list of known dangerous sites. LinkGuard works earlier: it shows where a link goes while you hover, checks it against three public phishing and malware lists, and has Jev judge links no list knows yet. They work well together, so keep Safe Browsing switched on.
On your phone
Can I use LinkGuard on my phone?
Yes, through the website. Paste a text, email or link into it and it checks the links in it (up to 8). On Android, add LinkGuard to your home screen from Chrome and you can also share messages and links to it. On iPhone, add it to your home screen from Safari, copy the message and tap Paste and check. You can also scan a QR code with the camera, or pick a photo of one. Only the web addresses in a message or QR code are sent for checking.
Can LinkGuard check a QR code?
Yes, on your phone. Open the phone page, tap Scan with camera and point it at the code, or pick a photo or screenshot of one. The code is read on your phone and only the web address in it is checked. Codes that aren’t web addresses, like Wi-Fi logins or payment details, stay on your phone.
Privacy and trust
Does it read my passwords?
No. LinkGuard only sends the link you hover, focus or click, that link’s text, and the page title (with email addresses and long numbers taken out). It never reads form fields, passwords or cookies, and nothing else from the page is sent.
Where do the threat lists come from?
OpenPhish, PhishTank and URLhaus, three public lists of reported phishing and malware links. LinkGuard keeps a copy on its server, refreshed about once an hour while LinkGuard is in use and at least once a day, so looking a link up never sends it to the list providers.
Does it always know?
No tool does. Some links get a grey “Check first” instead of Safe even when LinkGuard finds no scam signs: pages on free site builders, shared documents and other places where anyone can publish, sites that use a brand’s name without being its site, and sites the registry says were registered in the last 30 days. If Jev can’t answer, only well-known sites are called Safe. If it gets a link wrong, tap “Wrong answer?” under the result (or “Wrong?” in the extension’s popup) to tell us. Keep your browser’s own protection switched on too.
How checks work
Can I check a short link like bit.ly without opening it?
Yes. LinkGuard’s server follows short links and redirects, up to four hops, and shows where they land, so you see the real site before your browser goes anywhere.
Which links does it check?
Links that point away from the host you’re on (another site, or another part of it like shop.example.com), and same-host links that carry another site’s address (like /url?q=…), including links inside frames and most web components. Links inside other apps, and javascript: or data: links, aren’t checked.
What happens if the check is slow?
A click waits up to 2.5 seconds for a verdict. If none arrives and the address itself has warning signs (a short link, an unusual ending, an IP address), LinkGuard asks before opening. Otherwise the click goes through, so browsing never gets stuck.
Can I turn it off on a site?
Yes. Click the LinkGuard icon in the toolbar and switch off “Checks on this site”.
Free for Chrome and your phone