Safe Browsing

Safe Browsing checks websites before opening them for you. It blocks malicious websites, which try to distribute malware, and phishing websites, which try to steal your confidential data and gain access to your financial accounts.

You must use a protected browser to be protected on the Internet. See the list of protected browsers.

Safe Browsing is available only if you have a subscription for Kaspersky app.

Safe Browsing uses

Performing initial configuration of Safe Browsing

To enable Safe Browsing, you must first configure it. Safe Browsing is disabled by default when the app is installed.

To perform the initial configuration of Safe Browsing:

1. Open Kaspersky app quick launch panel.
2. Tap Safe Browsing.

   This starts the Safe Browsing setup wizard.

3. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

Safe Browsing is ready to use. Now you can surf the Internet safely using the protected browser.

To edit Safe Browsing settings after initial configuration:

1. Open Kaspersky app.
2. Tap >Safe Browsing.

Supported browsers

Safe Browsing only checks websites in Google Chrome.

This feature may also work with pre-installed browsers of some devices, for example Samsung Internet on a Samsung device and Huawei Browser on Huawei devices. Other browsers are not supported.

To use Safe Browsing while browsing the Internet, set Google Chrome as your default browser.

When Safe Browsing is enabled, it automatically checks the default browser. If Google Chrome is not the current default browser, the app prompts you to change the default browser to Google Chrome or Huawei Browser.

If you do not want to change your default browser, launch Google Chrome separately to safely use your personal data on the Internet. You can start Google Chrome from Kaspersky app quick launch panel by tapping Safe Browsing > Open browser or by tapping the Chrome app in your device's app menu.

On Huawei devices without Google services, set Huawei Browser as your default browser to use Safe Browsing.

How to set the default browser

Content filtering in Japan

Web Control is available only in the app in Japan to comply with the Japanese law.

Web Control is only available if you have a subscription for Kaspersky app.

Web Control allows you to manage web content on a mobile device and protect　against unwanted online content. For example, you can install Kaspersky app on your child's device and choose which web content categories and specific websites will be available to him or her.

You must use a protected browser to be protected on the Internet. See the list of protected browsers.

To set up Web Control,

1. On a child's device, open Kaspersky app.
2. On the quick launch panel, tap Safe Browsing.
3. Tap Settings on the Browser with protection screen.
4. Tap Configure Web Control and set the password, the secret question and the answer to make sure that only an adult can change these feature settings.
5. Tap Mode on the Configure Web Control screen and set up limitations by age. If you select Custom, you can manually block access to specific website categories.
6. Go back to the Safe Browsing screen.

The Web Control is set up.

If necessary, you can add websites to the list of exclusions. Web Control doesn't block websites added to the list of exclusions even if they belong to restricted categories.

To exclude specific websites,

1. On the quick launch panel, tap Safe Browsing.
2. Tap Settings on the Browser with protection screen.
3. Tap Configure Web Control and enter the password.
4. Tap Exclusions on the Configure Web Control screen.
5. Tap Add Web Addresses and enter the website address. Access to all webpages from the specified website is allowed.

   If you want to allow access to only a single webpage, enter its address and select the Allow access to only this page of this website check box.

6. Tap Save.
7. Go back to the Safe Browsing screen.