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Cyber space is an area where one is least secure.You can never know about how secure are pages you are visiting.Sometimes even updated antivirus software's fail to provide protection against latest threats. That's where a LinkScanner can really help you.

The LinkScanner is a security software that protects one against websites that are designed to install Mal-wares or Trojans on your computer via the web browser or its plugins.It identifies online threats instantly and prevent users from visiting hacked sites. LinkScanner forms an additional layer of protection by working in conjunction with your antivirus and other security software.The patent pending LinkScanner technology acquired from Exploit Prevention Labs and built into most AVG products, provides real-time updated protection against exploits and drive-by downloads.
Features


1.Search-Shield

The Search-Shield of Avg LinkScanner scans search results from Google, Yahoo! and MSN, and provides a safety ranking for each URL before the user clicks on it.AVG Search-Shield contains list of websites (URL addresses) which are known to be harmful. While browsing results from search engines like  Google, Yahoo!, Yandex, Bing, Baidu, Ask.com, AOL or Seznam.cz are checked against this list and a verdict icon is displayed. AVG Search-Shield checks also links on Facebook, Myspace, Slashdot, Digg, Twitter and sponsored links on eBay as well as links received in MS Outlook, MS Outlook Express, Gmail, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail. Also if you type an address directly into your browser, click a link on any website or in your e-mail, it is checked automatically and blocked if necessary.

2.Active-Surf

Checking the safety of URL based on a pre-prepared list is not enough in an ever dynamic internet where each day new websites are  born and web pages are added or modified.The Avg Active-Surf Shield scans the content of the individual pages behind the URLS the user clicks on and the addresses he types into the browser.Even if a malicious website is not detected by Search-Shield (e.g. when a new malicious website is created, or when a previously clean website now contains some malware), it will be detected and blocked by AVG Surf-Shield when you try to visit it. As the AVG Surf-Shield scans the HTTP traffic it is browser independent (works regardless of the browser used).


3.Real Time Scanning

AVG LinkScanner works in real-time, instead of relying on blacklists which often aren't updated to include short-lived threats and are impossible to keep entirely current.

4.Works on background

Runs quietly in the background – you won’t even notice it until a threat is detected.


System Requirements

LinkScanner works with Windows operating systems XP,Vista and seven and with the browsers Internet Explorer (6.0+),Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox (2.0+). A version for Macintosh is also available.