Gmork Scam Guard
Free scam and phishing protection extension for Chrome
Gmork Scam Guard is free for personal, non-commercial home use. You add it from the Chrome Web Store, or from Microsoft Edge Add-ons if you use Edge. Opera on a computer can install the same Chrome Web Store listing. Most checks run in the browser. They cover the email you have open, incoming chats, fake sign-in and payment pages, and risky remote-access downloads. Gmork looks up the sender’s domain on its servers, and only the domain is sent. The optional AI check, off by default, includes 5 checks a day on the free plan and sends the message text for review.
What free includes
The free home plan
Warnings for what you open in the browser. Gmail and Outlook on the web, Messenger, WhatsApp Web and Google Voice. Sign-in, payment and gift-card pages. The sender website check. Warning history on your computer. It is for one person at home. It is not licensed for a business, a practice or an office.
When a paid plan fits
Plus is $4 a month or $40 a year for one person and adds the AI check on every message you open, plus Ask Gmork. Family is $8 a month or $80 a year for up to 5 people. Each has a 14-day free trial, no card needed. A business needs Workplace, from 5 seats at $25 a month.
What it does not do
It does not run on phones or tablets, and it does not cover the Outlook desktop app or phone chat apps. It will not catch every scam. It does not read what you type, and it does not read passwords or card numbers.
How this compares
Categories of tools, described by the job they do. This is not a review of a named product, and it does not claim what another company’s tool does.
| What you compare | Gmork Scam Guard | A webmail spam filter | An antivirus suite | Other browser extensions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A browser extension that warns you about scam emails, messages and fake sites before you click, sign in or pay. | A filter built into webmail. It sorts mail the provider thinks is unwanted. It does not explain a sender’s domain, and it does not run on other websites. | Software that looks for malware on the computer. That is a different job from reading an email or a chat and warning you before you act. | Extensions differ. Some block ads, some store passwords, some flag sites already on a block list. This page does not review a named product. |
| Where it runs | Chrome and Edge on a Windows, Mac, Chromebook or Linux computer. Opera on a computer can install the same listing from the Chrome Web Store. Not on phones. | Inside that mailbox only. | On the device where you install the suite. It is not a warning inside webmail. | In the browser they support. What they check depends on that extension. |
| Scam and phishing email | Checks the email you have open in Gmail or Outlook on the web, and incoming messages in Messenger, WhatsApp Web and Google Voice. | Can move suspected spam out of the inbox. A message that lands in the inbox still needs a person to judge it. | Not built to explain the wording of an email in the browser. | Only if that extension is built to read webmail. Many are not. |
| Sender domain | For senders it does not already know, it asks gmork.com about the bare domain: whether a working website answers, whether the site forwards somewhere else, and whether the domain was registered recently. It also warns about look-alike addresses. | May use the provider’s own reputation. It does not show you those domain facts on the message. | Not what a typical suite is for. | Some flag known bad domains. Whether they explain a new domain, a forward, or a missing website depends on that product. |
| Sign-in, payment and remote-access downloads | Holds a risky sign-in while you decide, checks payment pages, and can pause a download of a remote-access tool such as AnyDesk or TeamViewer. | Does not run on the website you open next, and does not pause a download. | Some suites warn about downloads. That is not the same as a warning on the sign-in page in the browser. | Varies. This page does not claim what another extension does. |
| Optional AI check | Off until you turn it on. When it is on, a cleaned-up copy of the open email or messages is sent out for a second opinion. HIPAA-safe mode turns that AI check off. | A spam filter is not this optional check. | A suite is not this optional check. | Varies by product. |
| Price for home use | Free for personal, non-commercial home use. Plus is $4 a month or $40 a year for one person. Family is $8 a month or $80 a year for up to 5 people. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial. | The filter is part of the mailbox. It is not a separate scam advisor. | Usually a paid subscription for the suite. That vendor sets the price. | Some are free and some are paid. This page does not list their prices. |
| Business and medical offices | Business use needs Workplace, from 5 seats at $25 a month, with a 14-day free trial. Medical and dental offices can turn on HIPAA-safe mode, which turns the AI check off. That mode is not a HIPAA certification. | A mailbox filter does not add a workplace license or a mode that turns an outside AI check off. | A suite is not a workplace scam-warning license for the browser. | Varies. A business still needs to know what leaves the browser. |
Questions
Is the Chrome extension really free?
Yes, for personal, non-commercial home use, with no account. The AI check on the free plan is limited to 5 checks a day, shared with Ask Gmork.
Does the free extension work in Edge and Opera?
Edge has its own listing in Microsoft Edge Add-ons. Opera on a computer installs the Chrome Web Store listing. Phones are not covered.
Can I use the free version at work?
No. A business, a practice, a nonprofit office or any commercial use needs a Workplace plan, including offices of 1 to 5 people.
Add the free extension
Free for home use. No account needed.