Scam protection for elderly parents
OkayTab is scam protection for elderly parents that works inside the browser. You install it once on your parent's laptop. It checks every new site they open and puts a full-page warning in front of fake shops, phishing pages and fake virus alerts, before they type a password or pay. They don't need an account, and you never see which sites they visit.
from $1.33 a month
How do I protect my parents from scam websites?
Set it up once, on their computer. It takes about two minutes, and after that there is nothing for them to learn or remember.
Install it on their computer
Sign in with your email
Choose a plan
What your parent sees
Most of the time, nothing. No settings, no questions, no tech words. When a site looks like a scam, the warning says what to do: go back. It never asks them to call a number or type a password.
Most sites
Something looks off
Looks like a scam
Protect them without watching them
OkayTab is not a parental control. You see that it works, not where your parent goes. To check a new site, the extension sends a short summary of it to our server: the address without anything after the "?", the title, headings and links. Never the page text, what they type, or cookies.
You see
- How many sites OkayTab stopped or was not sure about
- Which of their browsers are connected, and when each last checked a site
- Your plan and invoices
You never see
- Which sites they open
- What they type, passwords included
- Their emails, messages or files
Scam protection for seniors: what helps when they click
What each option does at the moment that matters: the click on a page that looks real.
| Works at the moment of the click | Checks sites no list knows yet | Nothing for them to learn | |
|---|---|---|---|
A talk about scams They have to remember it in a moment of panic. | No | No | No |
Antivirus Made for files and downloads. Web protection differs by product. | Partly | Partly | Yes |
Free blocklist extension Blocks a site once it is on a list. New scam sites are often not listed yet. | Yes | No | Yes |
OkayTab Checks every new site when it opens. | Yes | Yes | Yes |