See Status Bar settings below
| Hyperlinks are not always what you expect. In
the Internet Explorer, hyperlinks show their true destination in the
status bar.
See Status Bar settings below |
Example:
http://www.microsoft.com
|
Email hyperlinks can also be manipulated but they are more difficult to detect deceit. In many email applications you can right (alternate) click the link and get a popup menu.
The popup menu should contain an option to "view the source" but that source code can be very difficult to interpret. If you look through the code for "href", you have found the beginning of a hyperlink. From there you should be able to figure out the rest of the address. Our above example actually looks like this:
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bergesch.com">http://www.microsoft.com</a>
If your status bar is not available or not showing the entire destination address: From the View menu, see if there is a checkmark next to Status Bar and if not click it one time.
Next look at the settings for the bar: Tools menu > Internet Options > Advanced tab. Scroll down this list slightly and look for "show friendly URLs"
Uncheck that option!