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# Advanced phishing detection

Protect your valuable assets from cunning phishing attacks and outsmart those tricky scammers.

### How phishing detection works <a href="#how-phishing-detection-works" id="how-phishing-detection-works"></a>

**We have integrated phishing lists from Polkadot {.js} and ChainPatrol to protect you from scams.** When you encounter a potentially malicious website, you will receive a prominent warning notification like this:

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You can either click:

* "**I trust this site**" to continue to the site, or
* "**Get me out of here**" to exit the screen and return to the homepage.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Please be aware that we won't take responsibility for any action once you click "**I trust this site**".
{% endhint %}

### **Enable phishing detection** <a href="#enable-phishing-detection" id="enable-phishing-detection"></a>

**Step 1**: Open the SubWallet extension and click on the <img src="https://631687399-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Lh39Kwxa1xxZM9WX_Bs%2Fuploads%2FQxJsQkmCM0sXExJqduCe%2FScreenshot_13.png?alt=media&amp;token=294d4c10-8385-45ec-9adc-9d41982d6a2d" alt="" data-size="line"> icon at the top left corner to get to the Settings section.

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**Step 2**: In the Settings section, select “**Security settings**”.

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**Step 3**: Enable the toggle next to the "**Advanced phishing detection**" option.

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You have successfully enhanced the security of your wallet with an additional layer of protection!
