# Netcraft Phishing Protection

Android app · by Netcraft · Tools

Topics: Antivirus

Netcraft Phishing Protection has 44,447 installs (+0.3% a month, measured over 53 days), rated 4.1 from 264 ratings, \#24,984 of 240,812 in Tools.

## Figures

- Installs: 44,447
- Rating: 4.1 · 264 ratings
- Price: Free
- In-app purchases: no
- 7-day growth in installs: +25 (+0.1%) (+55 over 15.3 days)
- 30-day growth in installs: +122 (+0.3%) (+215 over 52.7 days)
- Rank: #271,118 of 2,908,057 Android listings with an install count (down 9,983 since 2026-11-01)
- Rank: #24,984 of 240,812 in Tools

## Is Netcraft Phishing Protection safe?

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- Listed on Google Play.
- Made by Netcraft; developer website listed: netcraft.com.
- On Google Play since 2018-12-17. Last updated 2024-04-25 (over 2 years ago).
- Rated 4.1 from 264 ratings.

## Reviews

- Ratings by stars: 5★ 63% · 4★ 12% · 3★ 8% · 2★ 4% · 1★ 14% (262 ratings)

## Description

The free Netcraft app protects you from phishing and web-based malware attacks on your mobile device. The app will block all known attacks whilst you browse the web.  
  
Although major desktop web browsers have effective anti-phishing protection, the same is not true of mobile equivalents. The Netcraft app allows you to benefit from phishing protection on your mobile device, taking advantage of Netcraft's constantly updated phishing site feed. Over 177 million phishing sites have been detected and blocked by our community to date \[June 2023\].  
  
Features:  
  
✔ Block phishing and web-based malware attacks whilst browsing the web  
✔ Report phishing attacks to help protect others and climb the Netcraft leaderboard  
✔ View your block history and stats to see how Netcraft has protected you  
  
Supported apps:  
  
The Netcraft app protects you in popular browsers and applications, and our free trial lets you confirm that all your favourite apps are supported.  
  
Permissions  
  
In order to protect you, the Netcraft app requires the following permissions:  
• Accessibility service: to check for malicious URLs whilst you browse the web, and to block phishing sites  
  
Device encryption  
  
When you enable Netcraft's protection, your device may disable device encryption. This applies to all applications which use accessibility services. If you use device encryption, simply ensure it is re-enabled after enabling protection in the Netcraft app.  
  
About Netcraft  
  
Netcraft provides Internet security services including anti-fraud and anti-phishing services, application testing and PCI scanning. Netcraft is based in London, United Kingdom, and has been a registered company in England and Wales since 1987 (company number 02161164).  
  
Netcraft Privacy Policy: https://www.netcraft.com/privacy/

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Source: https://storetally.com/android/com.netcraft.blocklist  
As of 2026-11-11, from the StoreTally census.