diff --git a/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/ExtractIE.java b/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/ExtractIE.java
index 3e6a1e6348..2066fb51ca 100644
--- a/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/ExtractIE.java
+++ b/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/ExtractIE.java
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
                     NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                             "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                     NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "ExtractIE.moduleName.text")));
-            bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
-                    NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
-                            "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain));
+            if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
+                bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
+                        NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
+                                "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain));
+            }
 
             BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_BOOKMARK, fav, bbattributes);
             if (bbart != null) {
@@ -260,9 +262,11 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
                     NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                             "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                     NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "ExtractIE.moduleName.text")));
-            bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
-                    NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
-                            "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain));
+            if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
+                bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
+                        NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
+                                "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain));
+            }
             BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_COOKIE, cookiesFile, bbattributes);
             if (bbart != null) {
                 bbartifacts.add(bbart);
@@ -474,7 +478,7 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
 
             String actime = lineBuff[3];
             Long ftime = (long) 0;
-            String user = null;
+            String user = "";
             String realurl = null;
             String domain;
 
@@ -484,26 +488,42 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
              */
             if (lineBuff[1].contains("@")) {
                 String url[] = lineBuff[1].split("@", 2);
-                user = url[0];
-                user = user.replace("Visited:", ""); //NON-NLS
-                user = user.replace(":Host:", ""); //NON-NLS
-                user = user.replaceAll("(:)(.*?)(:)", "");
-                user = user.trim();
-                realurl = url[1];
-                realurl = realurl.replace("Visited:", ""); //NON-NLS
-                realurl = realurl.replaceAll(":(.*?):", "");
-                realurl = realurl.replace(":Host:", ""); //NON-NLS
-                realurl = realurl.trim();
+                
+                /*
+                 * Verify the left portion of the URL is valid.
+                 */
+                domain = Util.extractDomain(url[0]);
+                
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
+                    /*
+                     * Use the entire input for the URL.
+                     */
+                    realurl = lineBuff[1].trim();
+                } else {
+                    /*
+                     * Use the left portion of the input for the user, and the
+                     * right portion for the host.
+                     */
+                    user = url[0];
+                    user = user.replace("Visited:", ""); //NON-NLS
+                    user = user.replace(":Host:", ""); //NON-NLS
+                    user = user.replaceAll("(:)(.*?)(:)", "");
+                    user = user.trim();
+                    realurl = url[1];
+                    realurl = realurl.replace("Visited:", ""); //NON-NLS
+                    realurl = realurl.replaceAll(":(.*?):", "");
+                    realurl = realurl.replace(":Host:", ""); //NON-NLS
+                    realurl = realurl.trim();
+                    domain = Util.extractDomain(realurl);
+                }
             } else {
                 /*
                  * Use the entire input for the URL.
                  */
-                user = "";
                 realurl = lineBuff[1].trim();
+                domain = Util.extractDomain(realurl);
             }
 
-            domain = Util.extractDomain(realurl);
-
             if (!actime.isEmpty()) {
                 try {
                     Long epochtime = dateFormatter.parse(actime).getTime();
@@ -536,8 +556,7 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
                                 "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                 "ExtractIE.moduleName.text")));
-                
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(lineBuff[1]) == false) {
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                     "ExtractIE.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain));
@@ -571,24 +590,25 @@ class ExtractIE extends Extract {
     }
     
     /**
-     * Determine if the URL should be ignored.
+     * Extract the domain from the supplied URL. This method does additional
+     * checks to detect invalid URLs.
      * 
-     * @param url The URL to test.
+     * @param url The URL from which to extract the domain.
      * 
-     * @return True if the URL should be ignored; otherwise false.
+     * @return The domain.
      */
-    private boolean isIgnoredUrl(String url) {
+    private String extractDomain(String url) {
         if (url == null || url.isEmpty()) {
-            return true;
+            return url;
         }
         
         if (url.toLowerCase().startsWith(RESOURCE_URL_PREFIX)) {
             /*
              * Ignore URLs that begin with the matched text.
              */
-            return true;
+            return null;
         }
         
-        return false;
+        return Util.extractDomain(url);
     }
 }
diff --git a/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/Firefox.java b/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/Firefox.java
index 6d0ae54a53..d1874d4010 100644
--- a/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/Firefox.java
+++ b/RecentActivity/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/recentactivity/Firefox.java
@@ -157,10 +157,11 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                 "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "Firefox.moduleName")));
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(url) == false) {
+                String domain = extractDomain(url);
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
-                                    "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"), Util.extractDomain(url))); //NON-NLS
+                                    "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"), domain)); //NON-NLS
 
                 }
                 BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_HISTORY, historyFile, bbattributes);
@@ -252,11 +253,12 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                 "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "Firefox.moduleName")));
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(url) == false) {
+                String domain = extractDomain(url);
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                     "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
-                            Util.extractDomain(url))); //NON-NLS
+                            domain)); //NON-NLS
                 }
 
                 BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_BOOKMARK, bookmarkFile, bbattributes);
@@ -365,8 +367,8 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
                                     "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                             (Long.valueOf(result.get("creationTime").toString())))); //NON-NLS
                 }
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(host) == false) {
-                    String domain = Util.extractDomain(host); //NON-NLS
+                String domain = extractDomain(host);
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     domain = domain.replaceFirst("^\\.+(?!$)", "");
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
@@ -493,11 +495,12 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                 "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "Firefox.moduleName")));
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(source) == false) {
+                String domain = extractDomain(source);
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                     "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
-                            Util.extractDomain(source))); //NON-NLS
+                            domain)); //NON-NLS
                 }
 
                 BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_DOWNLOAD, downloadsFile, bbattributes);
@@ -619,11 +622,12 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                 "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
                         NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "Firefox.moduleName")));
-                if (isIgnoredUrl(url) == false) {
+                String domain = extractDomain(url);
+                if (domain != null && domain.isEmpty() == false) {
                     bbattributes.add(new BlackboardAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_DOMAIN,
                             NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(),
                                     "Firefox.parentModuleName.noSpace"),
-                            Util.extractDomain(url))); //NON-NLS
+                            domain)); //NON-NLS
                 }
 
                 BlackboardArtifact bbart = this.addArtifact(ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_WEB_DOWNLOAD, downloadsFile, bbattributes);
@@ -646,24 +650,25 @@ class Firefox extends Extract {
     }
     
     /**
-     * Determine if the URL should be ignored.
+     * Extract the domain from the supplied URL. This method does additional
+     * checks to detect invalid URLs.
      * 
-     * @param url The URL to test.
+     * @param url The URL from which to extract the domain.
      * 
-     * @return True if the URL should be ignored; otherwise false.
+     * @return The domain.
      */
-    private boolean isIgnoredUrl(String url) {
+    private String extractDomain(String url) {
         if (url == null || url.isEmpty()) {
-            return true;
+            return url;
         }
         
         if (url.toLowerCase().startsWith(PLACE_URL_PREFIX)) {
             /*
              * Ignore URLs that begin with the matched text.
              */
-            return true;
+            return null;
         }
         
-        return false;
+        return Util.extractDomain(url);
     }
 }