The difference one second makes
The moment between clicking a link and the page opening is where Scam SafeGuard works. We use that moment to check where the link really goes.
You click. The page opens. Then you find out it's a scam.
By the time a warning appears, you've already loaded the page — and potentially handed over your details.
You click. We check. You get a warning if it looks dangerous.
When we detect a page as likely dangerous, we warn you before it loads — in plain English — so you can decide what to do next.
Three ways we help keep you safe
Most of your protection happens automatically — you don't need to do anything. But you can also ask us to check any link you're not sure about.
Automatic — links on social media and in your email
Click a link on Facebook, Instagram, Gmail, Outlook, or WhatsApp Web and we check it before it opens. Known safe sites — your bank, AusPost, myGov — open instantly with no delay. Unfamiliar links get a quiet check first.
Nothing for you to doAutomatic — the background page checker
Even when you arrive at a page without clicking a link, Scam SafeGuard quietly checks it in the background. If it looks like a fake shop or a known scam site, you'll see a warning.
Nothing for you to doOn demand — check any link or message yourself
Right-click any link and choose “Scan Link with Scam SafeGuard” to check it before you open it. Got a suspicious text on your phone? Copy it, paste it into Scam SafeGuard on your computer, and we'll check every link inside it.
Use when you want toWe check your links.
Not your correspondence.
Other browser security tools ask for full access to your inbox. We don't. Scam SafeGuard's email feature sees only the web address a link points to — not your emails, your messages, who sent them, the subject line, or what the message contains.
Think of it this way: we see the address written on the envelope. We never see what's inside.
This is how the email feature is designed to work.What checks every link
Every link goes through several checks in sequence, taking less than a second for most sites.
Google's threat database
Checks links against Google's Web Risk feed, a commercial threat database of known dangerous sites.
Global scam blocklists
Public scam blocklists, refreshed regularly as new scam sites appear.
Pattern detection
For harder cases, we analyse the site's behaviour and patterns — a brand-new domain that looks like a bank, a fake shop set up last week, a copycat login page.
Tuned for the scams Australians actually see
Generic tools miss the local impersonations. We know them by name.
We watch for fake versions of these brands, so we can flag a lookalike even when it hasn't been reported anywhere yet.
And when a link sits in the grey area — not clearly safe, not clearly dangerous — we use AI for trickier scams.
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Protecting a parent? There's a feature for that.
Install Scam SafeGuard on a parent's laptop in 60 seconds. It runs in the background — they don't need to do anything to stay protected.
Caregiver Lock lets you protect the settings with a 4-digit PIN, so the protection settings can't be changed without the PIN — even if a scammer on the phone asks your parent to switch them off. See how to set it up →
With the Family plan, you get a weekly summary of what was checked and what was flagged — so you know their protection is working, without ever seeing their browsing history.
Ready to try it?
Free to install. No account needed. Protection starts as soon as you finish the 60-second setup.
Works anywhere desktop Chrome runs — Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks.