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F‑SECURE ONLINE SHOPPING CHECKER
CHECK FOR FREE IF A WEBSITE IS SAFE TO BUY FROM
Check for free if a website is safe to buy from with F‑Secure Online Shopping
Checker. Skip the scams and scan URLs with this shopping website checker now.
Check website safety
How does this tool work?
1
ENTER A WEB ADDRESS
Type or paste a URL of a shopping site and press “Check website safety”.
2
THE TOOL SCANS THE URL
The URL is searched from a database that includes millions of analyzed shopping
websites.
3
GET INSTANT WEBSITE SAFETY CHECK
The tool displays a safety score which tells if the shopping site is safe to buy
from or whether you should avoid it.
SKIP THE SCAMS AND SHOP SAFE
Is this link safe? Check for free with this website checker! Skip the scams and
stick with trusted shopping sites, because online shopping costs enough even
without scammers stealing your money.
SIMPLIFY SAFE SHOPPING WITH AUTOMATIC SAFETY CHECKS
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*The Trusted Shopping feature is available for Windows and Mac. Coming up for
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HOW TO AVOID ONLINE SHOPPING SCAMS?
Shopping scams cost money. These basic tips can save you from the trouble.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW TO CHECK IF A WEBSITE IS SAFE TO BUY FROM?
You can run a free scam website check with F‑Secure Online Shopping Checker
anytime you need to. Just type in or paste a web address or a link, and the tool
checks the website safety for you.
If you don’t want to manually scan a URL each time you shop online, you can also
get F‑Secure Total for your device. It runs a scam website check for you
automatically every time you enter a shopping site.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO CHECK WEBSITE SAFETY?
The internet is full of scam websites that criminals use to steal your money and
personal details. While stealing money is obviously profitable for criminals,
they can also profit from your personal details. For example, they can sell them
to other criminals, or use them for fraud and identity theft.
While losing money is bad, stolen personal details can be used even years later
for example to take loans in your name. And not only is fixing the issue costly,
but it can also take a lot of time and cause immense stress. Checking website
safety is an effortless step in preventing criminals from stealing your money
and personal data.
HOW DOES THIS SHOPPING WEBSITE CHECKER WORK?
When you scan a URL, this unique tool checks if it’s safe. The results are based
on millions of thoroughly analyzed websites. Here are some of the things that
are analyzed:
* Technical aspects such as website popularity, how long it has been
operational, redirections, backlinks, server information, search engine
blocking, SSL certificate, and many others.
* Reviews and comments on review sites and social media.
* External data such as DNS filters and trust data gathered by international
organizations.
* Website security and site actions analyzed by security experts.
Based on the extensive analyses, this website checker displays a score for the
shopping sites. The higher the score, the safer the site.
Most legit web shops care about the technical performance of their site and will
not likely raise any other red flags either, so they will get rated well. And
because the results are based also on external data, reviews and comments, and
analysis done by security experts, you will get a very based result.
On the other hand, scam websites are often very new. While it is easy to create
a website, taking care of all the technical details that this website checker
looks into requires time and resources that scammers don’t usually have or want
to use. Because of the multi-layered analysis, the score gives an accurate
result of website safety. And while a suspicious site may not always be
malicious, there are very good reasons to avoid it.
WANT TO SHOW THAT YOUR SHOP IS TRUSTED?
Are you an owner of a shop that gets the All good result with this tool? Gain
your customers’ trust by showing your shop’s result on your page with the
following badge made by F‑Secure. Download the badge and upload it to your
server.
Then, use this code snippet to display the badge on your own page:
<a href="https://www.f-secure.com/en/online-shopping-checker?url=[SITE URL]">
<img alt="Check out our shop at F-Secure" src="[IMAGE URL]">
</a>
In the above snippet, replace [SITE URL] with your shop’s URL, e.g.
f-secure.com.
Then replace [IMAGE URL] with the image URL on your server.
Now, when your customer clicks the badge to check the reputation of your shop,
your shop’s address will be prefilled in the Online Shopping Checker
automatically. This way any doubters can ensure the safety of your shop
themselves quickly and easily.
HOW TO TELL IF A WEBSITE IS LEGIT OR A SCAM?
Scams can be hard to detect, but there are some telltale signs you can check for
when deciding if a website is legit or not. If you scan the URL with this a free
website checker, but are still unsure whether it’s safe, here are some things
you can look for.
* Check the URL. Some scam websites look the same as real trusted stores.
However, their web addresses (aka URLs) can include miniscule one-character
differences that set them apart from these trusted stores. Check the URL to
spot these differences, and any other weird details there might be.
* Look for reviews online. What others have said in social media or review
sites can save you a lot of trouble. However, keep in mind that reviews can
be fabricated. If reviews are very short and excessively written by generic
profile names such as John117, be on your guard.
* Look for contact information. When you check if a shopping website is legit,
their contact information can tell a lot. For example, if they do not have
any or it is very difficult to find, something is off. Trusted online
shopping sites would not hide such information. The same goes for their
return policy.
* Beware slashed prices and timed offers. Scam shopping websites lure us to buy
as fast as possible. They can offer ludicrous prices and for a very limited
time (for example 5 minutes), so that you act before you carefully think it
through or check website safety in any way. While trusted online shopping
sites can use similar tactics, they are excessively used by scammers.
* Pay with credit card or PayPal. This tip will not help you spot a scam. But
if all else fails and you happen to fall for one, it’s a lot easier to get
your money back this way than when paying with a bank transfer or other
direct payment methods.
IS THIS WEBSITE SAFE?
Yes, this website is safe to use. This free website checker is brought to you by
F‑Secure, a Finnish cyber security company with 35 years of experience. F‑Secure
is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki and has around 30 million active subscribers.
F‑Secure products have won multiple awards globally from independent testing
organizations. Along with our other free tools, this website is safe to use as
many times as you want to.
CAN I CHECK THE SAFETY OF ANY WEBSITE WITH THIS TOOL?
This free shopping website checker works only when you check is a website safe
to buy from. Checking website safety for other sites will not give you relevant
results.
WHY ISN’T THE SHOP I’M CHECKING REVIEWED YET?
While this tool can already give you safety information about millions of
shopping sites, there are millions and millions more. Unfortunately, we haven’t
yet reviewed every existing shop online. We are doing our best to get the safety
information about more shops. You can help us in the process and get the shop
you were checking reviewed: submit the site for our review.
WHY DOES THIS TOOL FLAG A SHOP I KNOW TO BE SAFE AS SUSPICIOUS?
Most likely this shopping site has either not yet been analyzed, or it has been
wrongfully flagged as suspicious. Please submit the site for our review.
SOMEONE SENT ME A LINK. CAN I CHECK IS THIS LINK SAFE BEFORE OPENING?
Yes, you can check link safety with this free website checker also without
opening the link. Just copy the link and paste it to this tool. Then click Check
website safety and the tool checks if the link is safe to open. However, if it
doesn’t lead to a shopping site, it will not give you relevant information.
WHAT IS THE SCALE OF RESULTS I CAN GET WITH THIS TOOL?
Based on the security score, this tool categorizes shopping sites into one of
the following groups:
* Safe
* Unsure
* Suspicious
* Very suspicious
* Unsafe
We advise to avoid shops with lower score, as these sites are more likely to be
scams or otherwise dangerous.
In some cases, a shop that’s technically safe lands in the unsure category. This
may be because this tool looks into numerous aspects, including user reviews.
While an unsure or suspicious site isn’t always outright malicious, negative
reviews and feedback may indicate that there are other reasons why consumers
should be conscious and careful when shopping in the site.
Such reasons could be for example poor quality of products, bad communication or
customer service, broken or faulty goods when received, etc. However, this tool
does not state the reason for negative comments.
ARE THE RESULTS TRUSTWORTHY AND UNBIASED?
Yes. The security scores are based on thorough analysis on multiple security
factors. (See question How does this shopping website checker work? for more
information.) The analyses are impartial and not against or in favor of anyone.
F‑Secure does not collect payments from shop owners to display a higher security
score and cannot be bribed or threatened to change the rating. However,
sometimes a shopping site may be wrongfully labeled. If you think this is the
case, please submit the site for our review, so that our threat protection team
can analyze it again.
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