Here’s what it looks like when I hover over the link with my mouse without clicking. When your mouse pauses on top of a link in Outlook, a small window appears above the link showing you the real destination. Looks good, right? There’s a link in step 1 to sign in to my Wells Fargo account. Today I got a message from Wells Fargo in my mailbox. They create a link that looks safe if you don’t look under the hood. It’s one of the ways bad guys get you to bad websites. The only thing that matters is where the link really goes. Your lesson today is that it doesn’t matter what the words say. The part you don’t see: the actual URL that the link leads to.The part you see: the words describing the link (“YouTube”) or the web address (“”). When you see a link in an email message or a web browser, there are two parts: Don’t click on links to websites unless you know exactly where you are going. This is a basic security requirement for using a PC. If the real link doesn’t match the sender or doesn’t match what you expect, assume it is poisoned and don’t click it. When you hover over a link in Outlook or a web browser, a small window pops up to show you where the link really goes.
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