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Our browser extension provides you a free layer of protection from online phishing scams.

Privacy


Scam-Block-Plus will never collect your private data.

On the contrary - our main purpose is to protect your privacy, by preventing untrusted websites from stealing your personal data (using phishing technics).

Be protected from Phishing Scams like the massive Google Docs Phishing Scam


According to Cnet the Google Docs phishing scam relied on OAuth exploitation. With OAuth exploits, as in the case of the Google Docs scam, accounts can be hijacked without the user typing in anything. In the Google Docs scheme, the attacker created a fake version of Google Docs and asked for permission to read, write and access the victim's emails. Google quickly shut down the attack, which affected about 0.1 percent of Gmail's users (at least 1 million people being compromised).

Scam-Block-Plus blocks these kind of phishing scams. While browsing the fake website you are signed-out from Gmail and you can't sign-in. Thus the fake website can't get your permission to access your Gmail. If sign-in dialog will be displayed you will not be able to fill in your details.

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How Scam-Block-Plus works


Online scams spread by abusing the share mechanisms of popular social networks and/or by sending e-mails.

Malicious scam posts and comments try to tempt you to click on a link that brings you to a scam website.

ScamBlockPlus protects you when this happens.

When ScamBlockPlus is enabled in your browser and you click on a link
while visiting one of the following websites:

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, Google+, Meetup (popular social platform)
Gmail, Microsoft-Mail, Yahoo-Mail, AOL-Mail, Rackspace-Mail, mail.com, Zoho, iCloud-Mail (email services)

a tab is opened in which the destination website is displayed.
If the opened website is not listed in the global trust-list and thus is an "untrusted website"
then the tab is actively protected by ScamBlockPlus.

Notice that the black scam-block-plus incognito-icon replaces the red scam-block-plus shield-icon.
This informs you that ScamBlockPlus prevents the website from doing things that could compromise your security.

Trusted tab:
Untrusted tab (incognito):

Chrome Incognito-windows versus ScamBlockPlus incognito-tabs


Incognito windows enable Chrome users to browse the internet anonymously.
However a user must sign into his/her gmail account to read mails and
must sign into his/her facebook/twitter account to read posts/tweets.
Thus when a user clicks on a link in an email or on a post or on a comment
following a post he/she is no longer incognito and is exposed to phishing scams.
ScamBlockPlus protects Chrome users in this common scenario.

More: Chrome Incognito and ScamBlockPlus Incognito Compared.

Features

Hiding cookies:

While visiting an untrusted website, your ordinary cookies are hidden from the website.
You appear to be logged-out everywhere, including: Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, ...
Thus the untrusted website can't share, like, or tweet on your behalf.

Blocking text input:

Untrusted websites are prevented from receiving textual input from you.
This blocks scams that trick you into logging-in or into typing and exposing your personal data.

Blocking downloads:

File downloads are blocked when initiated by untrusted websites, to prevent scams that inject viruses into your computer.

You can trust a website:

By a simple click on a button you can trust a website that is not listed on the global trust-list.
Scam-Block-Plus protection will be turned off for this website.
At any time you can untrust a website previously trusted by you.

Please be sure not to trust a website unless you are absolutely sure
that the website is legit and not a scam !!!

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