Have you ever visited a site that has a link that you want to go to but when hovering your mouse over the link, the link at the bottom doesn’t look anything like the link that you actually want to visit? It has definitely happened to all of us and many times the concern is that by clicking that link, your computer will get some sort of virus. While it is possible that the link could cause harm to your computer, chances are remote. Many times those links are re-directs with media codes to track where the click came from because the link is some sort of advertising.

If anytime in the future there is a link that you want to click but are concerned the link won’t take you to where it says it is supposed to, use this re-direct checker. Copy and paste the link into the text box before clicking it and select “Check Redirects”. The re-direct checker will tell you where the link will actually take you. Sometimes there are a few re-directs, so you might want to check the resulting link again to see what the actual link is.