Report abuse

Qurl turns long URLs into short links and QR codes. Like any shortener, it can be misused to disguise where a link goes. If a Qurl link has been used for phishing, malware, spam, or anything else that breaks our terms, tell us and we will disable it.

What to include

The Qurl link

The full short URL, for example https://www.thequrl.com/abc1234. This is the only field we truly need.

What it does

Where it sent you, and what was wrong with it: phishing, malware, spam, or something else.

Where you found it

An email, a message, a printed code. This helps us tell one bad link from a campaign of them.

What we do about it

• A link that is clearly malicious is disabled on sight. It stops resolving straight away, which also stops any printed copy of it.
• We check whether the same account created others, because abuse is rarely a single link.
• Destinations are screened when a link is created and whenever one is repointed, against our own blocked list and Google Safe Browsing. Reports tell us what those checks missed, which is the main reason this page is worth having.

If you are a reputation or security service

Write to the same address and we will respond. If you are considering listing thequrl.com, we would rather hear from you first and remove the offending links: a blocklist entry takes down legitimate printed QR codes belonging to people who have done nothing wrong.