QR Shield | QR Code Scanner
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Advanced QR Code Scanning and Protection
QR Shield is a QR code scanner that checks links before you open them. Scan a code, see where it goes, and get a clear Safe, Caution, or High risk verdict.
Malicious QR codes are a real scam tactic. In January 2022 the FBI warned that criminals tamper with QR codes to send people to phishing sites, steal login details, or install malware (https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA220118). QR Shield is built for that moment: pause, check, then decide.
How it protects you
- Checks URLs against Google Web Risk and Sophos threat data
- Flags phishing, malware, and other known-bad destinations
- Looks for hidden links inside Wi-Fi, contact, and calendar codes, not just obvious website QR codes
- Shows Safe, Caution, or High risk before you open, copy, or connect
Scan more than websites
Use QR Shield as your everyday QR reader for Wi-Fi credentials, contacts, emails, text messages, phone numbers, locations, calendar events, crypto addresses, and notes.
Private by design
No ads. No account. No registration. Scan history stays on your phone. When a code includes a link, that URL is checked so you can see the risk before you tap it. QR Shield helps you keep personal data safer, avoid phishing pages, and skip surprise malware downloads from a sticker, poster, or text you did not expect.
QR Shield is a QR code scanner that checks links before you open them. Scan a code, see where it goes, and get a clear Safe, Caution, or High risk verdict.
Malicious QR codes are a real scam tactic. In January 2022 the FBI warned that criminals tamper with QR codes to send people to phishing sites, steal login details, or install malware (https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA220118). QR Shield is built for that moment: pause, check, then decide.
How it protects you
- Checks URLs against Google Web Risk and Sophos threat data
- Flags phishing, malware, and other known-bad destinations
- Looks for hidden links inside Wi-Fi, contact, and calendar codes, not just obvious website QR codes
- Shows Safe, Caution, or High risk before you open, copy, or connect
Scan more than websites
Use QR Shield as your everyday QR reader for Wi-Fi credentials, contacts, emails, text messages, phone numbers, locations, calendar events, crypto addresses, and notes.
Private by design
No ads. No account. No registration. Scan history stays on your phone. When a code includes a link, that URL is checked so you can see the risk before you tap it. QR Shield helps you keep personal data safer, avoid phishing pages, and skip surprise malware downloads from a sticker, poster, or text you did not expect.
QR code scanner that checks phishing and malware before you open the link.
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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
- No data shared with third partiesLearn more about how developers declare sharing
- No data collectedLearn more about how developers declare collection
What’s new
QR Shield 1.5.0
• History, Scan, and Settings stay on every screen — tap Scan from anywhere to start again
• Open scan history from the camera
• History, Scan, and Settings stay on every screen — tap Scan from anywhere to start again
• Open scan history from the camera
