: Before clicking any link on a paste site, hover over it to see if it redirects to a suspicious third-party domain.
: Some "download" pages are designed to capture personal information or IP addresses before granting access to a file that often doesn't exist.
: Links hosted on text-sharing sites like JustPaste.it are often used to bypass security filters. They may lead to sites that prompt you to download "viewers" or "PDF converters" which are actually malware or adware .