Trend Micro announces a mobile app to help you to identify potential scams and AI threats

The new one-of-a-kind app from Trend Micro, called Trend Micro Check, allows users to submit content such as messages, ads and social media posts to help them determine if the content can be trusted quickly.

Tim Falinski, VP Consumer Business, AMEA at Trend: “Scams are at the top of the list of online threats to consumers, and AI has made it easy for cybercriminals to scam innocent people. While they take advantage of new technology to cause harm, we do the opposite. We are leading the race against these threats and working tirelessly to stay ahead of them with our own AI capabilities.”

In a survey Trend Micro conducted of 1,200 Australians, 97 percent of respondents said they would take action regarding these scams etc if it would help to protect themselves and their families from scammers. It is a definite problem these days with more than $1 trillion lost by consumers worldwide to scams in just 2023 alone.

The new Trend Micro Check app helps protect you from these scams thanks to features such as:

• Scam Check: AI-powered tool providing real-time assessment of the likelihood that content (e.g. social ad, text or email message, website URL or more) is a scam. The tool returns an easy-to-understand summary of the potential security concerns, along with recommended actions.
• Deepfake Scan: Identifies potential AI “face-swapping” scam attempts during live video calls.
• SMS Filter: Automatically filters out spam and scam text messages before it hits the inbox.
• Web Guard: Blocks risky websites and filters out suspicious ads.

Trend Micro Check is available for download now for both iOS and Android devices in Australia but it is not free. It will cost AU$79. For more information head on over to the Trend Micro website.