Link Revealer

Link Revealer

See the true URL for all links and improve your security!

What is Link Revealer?
Link Revealer is a Firefox add-on designed to improve your online security by displaying the true URL for all links. It provides colored indicators to differentiate between links from the same domain, third-party links, and links with misleading text-content. The add-on also allows you to scan links for threats using the virustotal JavaScript API. Activate the API in the options page and conveniently scan up to 4 links per minute. With Link Revealer, you can enhance your security while browsing the web.
Merlin
Stats
By: Leonardo
Users: 26 ▼ -1
Rating: 4.67 (3)
Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2020-12-01)
Creation date: 2020-04-16
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • https://www.virustotal.com/vtapi/*
Size: 105.18K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Firefox add-ons? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Firefox Browser Add-ons.
Chrome-Stats extension
Merlin
Summary

Link Revealer add-on is designed to improve your online security. When you hover on any link element, the underlying - href - will be displayed as the link's title. Moreover, a colored footer will also be displayed at the bottom of the page showing the link href.

If the domain of the link is similar to the page domain, this color will be BLUE. If the link is third-party the color is GREEN. For a situation where the displayed URL in the link's text-content is different than the underlying href, the footer color will be RED. The toolbar icon color will also be updated according to the above rules.

For any link, if you right-click and select - Scan link for threats, the add-on scans the link with virustotal JavaScript API. When you first install the add-on, please visit the options page to activate the virus check API. Once the API is activated you can scan 4 links per minute. From toolbar popup, you can also turn the add-on ON or OFF. Moreover, you can hide the page footer if you found it inconvenient. Please note that you can still scan links for threats even if the page footer is hidden.

If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please fill the bug report form in the add-on's homepage.

User reviews
The app works well and it does as advertised. However i wish that the extension overwrite the stock mozilla link revealer, it would be more aesthetically pleasing and it would reduce screen waste for small monitor
by Mike G., 2022-10-08
View all user reviews
Safety
Risk impact

Link Revealer may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Link Revealer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details
Screenshots