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By Mary Landesman, About.com Guide to Antivirus Software since 2000

Ferreting Out a Fake (Link)

Monday January 29, 2007
You receive an email containing a link to what appears to be a well-known site. But what gets displayed for a link isn't the same as where the link points. So you might think you're clicking your way to www.microsoft.com, when in fact that link could be leading you to somewhere else altogether. And chances are, that 'somewhere else' will be malicious. Here's how to tell where a link really points. >> Tutorial
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