The Security Scanner is a free tool that lets you check any URL for potential security threats. It uses multiple threat intelligence services to provide a comprehensive safety assessment.
How to Use It
- Navigate to Tools → Security Scanner from the main menu
- Enter the URL you want to scan
- Click "Scan URL"
- Review the results
What It Checks
The scanner checks your URL against multiple threat databases:
Google Safe Browsing
- Social engineering (phishing) attempts
- Malware distribution
- Unwanted software
- Known malicious URLs
VirusTotal
- Scans against 70+ antivirus engines
- Detects malicious, suspicious, or clean status
- Shows detection ratio (e.g., 3/72 engines flagged)
Understanding Results
- Clean — No threats detected by any service
- Suspicious — Some indicators of concern, worth investigating
- Malicious — Active threats detected, avoid visiting the URL
- Pending — Scan is still processing (VirusTotal may take a moment)
Automatic Scanning on Monitors
In addition to manual scanning, WebMon automatically runs content security scans on all your HTTP monitors. These scans check for 8 threat categories on every check cycle, including:
- Google blacklist indicators
- Known hack signatures
- Phishing page patterns
- Malware injection indicators
- SEO spam detection
You can view content scan results on each monitor's detail page under the Security tab.