diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
index b2fc2454f..fb711b0ac 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 
 #include "base/global.h"
+#include "base/logger.h"
 #include "base/net/downloadmanager.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
 #include "base/rss/rss_article.h"
@@ -433,16 +434,52 @@ void RSSWidget::downloadSelectedTorrents()
 // open the url of the selected RSS articles in the Web browser
 void RSSWidget::openSelectedArticlesUrls()
 {
+    qsizetype emptyLinkCount = 0;
+    qsizetype badLinkCount = 0;
+    QString articleTitle;
     for (QListWidgetItem *item : asConst(m_ui->articleListWidget->selectedItems()))
     {
         auto *article = item->data(Qt::UserRole).value<RSS::Article *>();
         Q_ASSERT(article);
 
-        // Mark as read
         article->markAsRead();
 
-        if (const QUrl articleLink {article->link()}; !articleLink.isEmpty() && !articleLink.isLocalFile())
-            QDesktopServices::openUrl(articleLink);
+        const QString articleLink = article->link();
+        const QUrl articleLinkURL {articleLink};
+        if (articleLinkURL.isEmpty()) [[unlikely]]
+        {
+            if (articleTitle.isEmpty())
+                articleTitle = article->title();
+            ++emptyLinkCount;
+        }
+        else if (articleLinkURL.isLocalFile()) [[unlikely]]
+        {
+            if (badLinkCount == 0)
+                articleTitle = article->title();
+            ++badLinkCount;
+
+            LogMsg(tr("Blocked opening RSS article URL. URL pointing to local file might be malicious behaviour. Article: \"%1\". URL: \"%2\".")
+                    .arg(article->title(), articleLink), Log::WARNING);
+        }
+        else [[likely]]
+        {
+            QDesktopServices::openUrl(articleLinkURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (badLinkCount > 0)
+    {
+        QString message = tr("Blocked opening RSS article URL. The following article URL is pointing to local file and it may be malicious behaviour:\n%1").arg(articleTitle);
+        if (badLinkCount > 1)
+            message.append(u"\n" + tr("There are %1 more articles with the same issue.").arg(badLinkCount - 1));
+        QMessageBox::warning(this, u"qBittorrent"_s, message, QMessageBox::Ok);
+    }
+    else if (emptyLinkCount > 0)
+    {
+        QString message = tr("The following article has no news URL provided:\n%1").arg(articleTitle);
+        if (emptyLinkCount > 1)
+            message.append(u"\n" + tr("There are %1 more articles with the same issue.").arg(emptyLinkCount - 1));
+        QMessageBox::warning(this, u"qBittorrent"_s, message, QMessageBox::Ok);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
index 01e83eec0..5544ea150 100644
--- a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QMenu>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QPalette>
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include "base/logger.h"
 #include "base/preferences.h"
 #include "base/search/searchdownloadhandler.h"
 #include "base/search/searchhandler.h"
@@ -319,15 +321,52 @@ void SearchJobWidget::downloadTorrents(const AddTorrentOption option)
         downloadTorrent(rowIndex, option);
 }
 
-void SearchJobWidget::openTorrentPages() const
+void SearchJobWidget::openTorrentPages()
 {
     const QModelIndexList rows = m_ui->resultsBrowser->selectionModel()->selectedRows();
+    qsizetype emptyLinkCount = 0;
+    qsizetype badLinkCount = 0;
+    QString warningEntryName;
     for (const QModelIndex &rowIndex : rows)
     {
-        const QString descrLink = m_proxyModel->data(
-                m_proxyModel->index(rowIndex.row(), SearchSortModel::DESC_LINK)).toString();
-        if (const QUrl descrLinkURL {descrLink}; !descrLinkURL.isEmpty() && !descrLinkURL.isLocalFile())
+        const QString entryName = m_proxyModel->index(rowIndex.row(), SearchSortModel::NAME).data().toString();
+        const QString descrLink = m_proxyModel->index(rowIndex.row(), SearchSortModel::DESC_LINK).data().toString();
+
+        const QUrl descrLinkURL {descrLink};
+        if (descrLinkURL.isEmpty()) [[unlikely]]
+        {
+            if (warningEntryName.isEmpty())
+                warningEntryName = entryName;
+            ++emptyLinkCount;
+        }
+        else if (descrLinkURL.isLocalFile()) [[unlikely]]
+        {
+            if (badLinkCount == 0)
+                warningEntryName = entryName;
+            ++badLinkCount;
+
+            LogMsg(tr("Blocked opening search result description page URL. URL pointing to local file might be malicious behaviour. Name: \"%1\". URL: \"%2\".")
+                    .arg(entryName, descrLink), Log::WARNING);
+        }
+        else [[likely]]
+        {
             QDesktopServices::openUrl(descrLinkURL);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (badLinkCount > 0)
+    {
+        QString message = tr("Blocked opening search result description page URL. The following result URL is pointing to local file and it may be malicious behaviour:\n%1").arg(warningEntryName);
+        if (badLinkCount > 1)
+            message.append(u"\n" + tr("There are %1 more results with the same issue.").arg(badLinkCount - 1));
+        QMessageBox::warning(this, u"qBittorrent"_s, message, QMessageBox::Ok);
+    }
+    else if (emptyLinkCount > 0)
+    {
+        QString message = tr("Entry \"%1\" has no description page URL provided.").arg(warningEntryName);
+        if (emptyLinkCount > 1)
+            message.append(u"\n" + tr("There are %1 more entries with the same issue.").arg(emptyLinkCount - 1));
+        QMessageBox::warning(this, u"qBittorrent"_s, message, QMessageBox::Ok);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.h b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.h
index 7ef36cf38..f6b879fce 100644
--- a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ private:
     void onUIThemeChanged();
 
     void downloadTorrents(AddTorrentOption option = AddTorrentOption::Default);
-    void openTorrentPages() const;
+    void openTorrentPages();
     void copyTorrentURLs() const;
     void copyTorrentDownloadLinks() const;
     void copyTorrentNames() const;