--- title: "Execute a Live Scan" slug: "execute-a-live-scan" tags: ["Advanced Scan", "Custom User Agent", "Dark Web", "live scan", "URL Analysis", "User Agent Strings"] updated: 2026-03-23T16:51:50Z published: 2026-03-23T16:51:50Z --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.silentpush.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Execute a Live Scan Live Scan enables you to analyze public or Dark Web URLs in real-time, capturing data such as screenshots, content hashes, headers, redirects, and SSL information. This article guides you through executing three types of Live Scans: Simple, Advanced, and Dark Web. Each type varies in URL input or customization options, but all produce similar data outputs for further analysis. ## Simple Live Scan A Simple Live Scan analyzes a public URL using your local specifications (e.g., region, browser type) as default parameters. 1. From the main menu, enter a public URL (e.g., https://www.example.com) in the search box. 2. Click **Live Scan**, or navigate to**Web Data > Live Scan** and enter the URL. 3. View results, including a live screenshot of the URL, displayed below the URL box. > For guidance on analyzing scan results, see [Work with Live Scan Data](https://help.silentpush.com/docs/working-with-live-scan-data). ## Advanced Live Scan An Advanced Live Scan analyzes a public URL with customizable emulation options to simulate different viewer parameters (e.g., region, platform, operating system, browser).Steps: 1. From the left navigation menu, select **Web Data > Live Scan > Advanced Scan**. 2. Enter a public URL (e.g., `https://www.example.com`). 3. Select emulation options: 1. **Region/Residential Proxy**: 1. US, EU, or AS. 2. **User Agent Parameters** 1. Desktop, Mobile, or Crawler. 3. **User Agent** 1. [Custom User Agent String](/v1/docs/execute-a-live-scan#customize-user-agent-ua-strings) 4. Click **Scan**. 5. View results, including a live screenshot, displayed below the URL box. ### Supported Regions for Residential Proxy Scanning In Advanced Live Scan, the **Region/Residential Proxy** option routes your scan through a residential proxy in a selected location for realistic, geo-specific emulation (e.g., to test region-locked content, evasion, or conditional threats). Availability depends on your subscription tier, platform capacity, and may change: unsupported codes could error or default (often to US). See [Countries and ISO Alpha-2 Codes by Continent](/v1/docs/countries-and-iso-alpha-2-codes-by-continent) for the full list. ### Customize User Agent (UA) Strings You can emulate specific viewer behaviors by automatically generating a [User-Agent (UA) string](/v1/docs/custom-user-agent-ua-strings) based on your Platform, OS, and Browser selections. The UA tells the target site “who” is visiting (e.g., a Chrome user on Windows), which can reveal conditional content, such as mobile redirects or region-locked threats. For full control, use the **Custom** option in User Agent Parameters. This overrides defaults with your own string, ideal for testing legacy browsers, bots, or evasion scenarios. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/8e5460b3-9d96-4b01-8bb3-6591a4af3a8c/Images/Documentation/Screenshot 2025-11-13 at 1.26.20 PM.png) 1. In **Advanced Scan**, enter your URL (e.g., https://silentpush.com). 2. Set Region (e.g., North America, uses residential proxy for realism). 3. Under **User Agent Parameters**: - Select Platform (e.g., Desktop) or click **Custom**. - In **User Agent**, enter a [string](/v1/docs/execute-a-live-scan#ua-structure-basics) (e.g., for mobile testing) and click **Scan**. #### UA Structure Basics A good UA starts with `Mozilla/5.0` (compatibility flag), followed by platform/OS details, then browser specifics. Keep it realistic to avoid detection; invalid syntax (e.g., mismatched versions) may trigger bot blocks or errors. #### Example UAs | Category | Device/OS/Browser | Example UA String | | --- | --- | --- | | **Desktop** | Windows/Chrome 139 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 | | **Desktop** | macOS/Firefox 131 | Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:131.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/131.0 | | **Desktop** | Windows/Edge 142 | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/142.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/142.0.0.0 | | **Desktop** | macOS/Safari 18 | Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.0 Safari/605.1.15 | | **Mobile** | Android/Chrome 139 | Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; SM-G975F) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 | | **Mobile** | iOS/Safari 18 | Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.0 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1 | | **Other** | Linux/Crawler Bot | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SilentPushBot/1.0; +https://silentpush.com/bot) | > Advanced scans reflect the chosen parameters, allowing you to view how a URL appears under various conditions. For guidance on analyzing scan results, see [Work with Live Scan Data](https://help.silentpush.com/docs/working-with-live-scan-data). ## Dark Web Scan A Dark Web Scan analyzes a .onion URL (dark web) using your local specifications as default parameters. 1. From the left navigation menu, select **Web Data > Live Scan > Dark Web Scan**. 2. Enter a `.onion` URL (e.g., `http://example.onion`). 3. View results, including a live screenshot of the URL, displayed below the URL box. > Dark Web Scans require a valid `.onion` URL. For guidance on analyzing scan results, see [Work with Live Scan Data](https://help.silentpush.com/docs/working-with-live-scan-data). ## View Scan History Results After executing a Simple, Advanced, or Dark Web scan, results are displayed below the URL box, including: - A live screenshot of the URL. - Key data points like content hashes, headers, redirects, and SSL information. To explore historical data for the scanned URL, click the **Scan History**button below. A real-time analysis tool that scans a specific URL to capture current data, such as screenshots, HTML titles, favicons, redirect chains, and SSL details, for immediate threat validation. A hidden part of the internet, accessible only through special software, where illicit activities, such as the sale of stolen data or malware, often occur, monitored by threat intelligence teams. A suite of tools in a threat intelligence platform for scanning and analyzing web-based content, including clearnet, dark web, and non-web services, to identify threats and vulnerabilities. ## Related - [Custom User Agent (UA) Strings](/custom-user-agent-ua-strings.md)