Is the shared link malicious - https google webhp?

541    Asked by ananyaPawar in SQL Server , Asked on Jan 3, 2022

I would like to know if the URL https://www.google.com/webhp/…  is secure or will it be a source of transferring virus to my computer system? 

Answered by Alexander Coxon

No, it's not malicious.


From what I've looked into, the https google webhp is rather widespread, and seen on PCs that have no indication of infection. If you open Chrome and go to chrome://settings/searchEngines, you'll see the Query URL for Google. It'll probably look like "{google:baseURL}webhp/". If it was going to a different domain, it might be worth more investigation, but your query is still going to Google's server. Unless Google's search was somehow compromised (seriously doubt it), you have nothing to worry about. Please ignore the fear mongering from the general public. I've seen a ton of pages talking about the "webHP virus". These are unfounded, and written by people that don't understand what they're talking about.



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