Avoid unwanted texts with NordVPN’s Message Protection
Privacy first: We don’t store any message content.
Reduced scam risk: Get alerts about potential scams.
Available for Android smartphones.
What is Message Protection?
Message Protection is a security feature that helps you recognize spam, scams and phishing attacks in your text messages by looking for patterns cybercriminals typically use. It’s part of NordVPN’s Call and Message Protection feature available for Android users.
Why block unwanted text messages?
Phishing
Phishing and smishing (SMS phishing) are two of the most common ways scammers target unsuspecting people. The ability to send these messages at virtually no cost makes smishing extremely dangerous.
Malware
Tapping on a malicious link in a smishing message can download malware onto your device. Without your knowledge, criminals can log your keystrokes, steal passwords, read messages, and even activate your camera and microphone.
Account takeover
Sometimes a malicious link will lead you to a copycat website mimicking your bank or social media login page. Entering your credentials may allow the attacker to take over your account and steal whatever they can to further their attack on your accounts and information.
What are the benefits of Message Protection?
Get a simple, always-on layer that helps you stop phone scams without changing how you use your phone.
Real-time spam and scam alerts
If a message from an unknown sender shows patterns of common scams and spam, NordVPN will alert you immediately. You can decide what to do with the message yourself.
Privacy-conscious design
NordVPN’s Message Protection scans SMS messages for known scam patterns and suspicious keywords without ever storing any of the messages.
Works without a VPN connection
Message Protection doesn’t need an active VPN connection to work. After you enable it, it works in the background, alerting you whenever you receive an unwanted message.
No additional cost
Message protection is already included with the NordVPN’s Premium plan, as it’s a part of our all-in-one digital security app¹.
You stay in control
No message is automatically blocked. You get an alert and can make a decision whether to delete the message.
How Message Protection works
Protects against spam messages
Message Protection checks new messages for malicious links, scammers’ phone numbers, scam patterns, suspicious keywords, and behavioral indicators commonly used in fraud.
Alerts you instantly
If Message Protection finds anything about the message to be suspicious, it immediately warns you about the potential risk. But the decision about what to do always stays with you.
Respects your privacy
Message Protection only looks for patterns and keywords used in various scams. It will never download or store any of your message content.
How to enable NordVPN’s Message Protection on your Android device
Set up Message Protection on your NordVPN app for Android devices to get real-time warnings before you tap a suspicious message.
01
Open the NordVPN app
Install the latest version of the NordVPN app for your device and launch it.
02
Open the products screen
Tap the four squares icon to open the products menu and select “Message Protection”.
03
Enable Message Protection
Turn it on and follow the prompts.
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