How does AVG protect me against phishing?

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AVG Internet Security and to some extent also the AVG Anti-Virus provide among others a protection against phishing (what is phishing?). The protection is provided on two levels, ensuring that you are informed about a phishing attempt in each of its forms:

  • Phishing e-mail
    AVG Internet Security contains an Anti-Spam component, which is designed to recognize spam and fraudulent e-mails. This includes also detection of phishing e-mails. More information about the AVG Anti-Spam is available in a separate FAQ topic.
  • Phishing website
    All commercial AVG editions contain the Online Shield and LinkScanner components. These components are checking the addresses and contents of visited websites. When you try to visit a malicious website, you are informed about it and the access to the website is blocked. This detection includes also phishing websites. If you wish to learn more about this protection, please visit the FAQ topics related to the Online Shield and LinkScanner.

If you receive some phishing attempt which is not detected by AVG, please feel free to contact us. We will analyze the provided information (address and contents of the website, contents of the e-mail, etc.), and add them to AVG detection if necessary.

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