diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Validator/SpamShield/LinkMethod.php b/Classes/Domain/Validator/SpamShield/LinkMethod.php
index 5f7435673..8dcd24447 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Validator/SpamShield/LinkMethod.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Validator/SpamShield/LinkMethod.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public function spamCheck(): bool
             if (!is_string($answer->getValue())) {
                 continue;
             }
-            preg_match_all('@http://|https://|ftp://@', $answer->getValue(), $result);
+            preg_match_all('@http://|https://|ftp://|(^|\s)www\.\S@', $answer->getValue(), $result);
             if (isset($result[0])) {
                 $linkAmount += count($result[0]);
             }