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7.5. Link Scanner
7.5.1. Link Scanner Principles
The LinkScanner component provides protection against websites, that are designed
to install malware into your computer via the web browser or its plugins. The
LinkScanner technology consists of two features,
AVG Search-Shield
and
AVG
Active Surf-Shield
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AVG Search Shield
contains list of websites (URL addresses) which are known
to be dangerous. When searching Google, Yahoo!, Bing or Baidu, all results of
the search are checked according to this list and a verdict icon is shown (for
Yahoo! search results only "exploited website" verdict icons are shown). Also
if you type some address directly into your browser, click a link on any website
or e.g. in your e-mail, it is checked automatically and blocked if necessary.
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AVG Active Surf-Shield
scans the contents of the websites you are visiting,
regardless of the websites address. Even if some website is not detected by
AVG 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 Active Surf-Shield
once you try to visit it.
Note: AVG Link Scanner is not intended for server platforms!