Enable the message scanning feature

You enable the message scanning feature in the Aurora Protect Mobile app to allow it to scan incoming SMS messages for potentially malicious URLs. Only URLs in the messages are assessed.

For iOS devices, only messages from unknown senders (contacts that are not on the device's contact list) are scanned. Messages that contain potentially malicious URLs are filtered to the junk folder.

For Android devices, all messages from known contacts and unknown senders are scanned. Messages that contain potentially malicious URLs are listed in the Aurora Protect Mobile app but you must delete them manually in the default messaging app.

On your mobile device, do one of the following:

Device

Steps

iOS
  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Navigate to Messages >  Message Filtering > Unknown & Spam.
  3. In the Message Filtering section, enable the Filter Unknown Senders setting.
  4. In the SMS Filtering section, tap Protect.
  5. Tap Enable.

These instructions can also be found in the Aurora Protect Mobile app from Device Health > Message scanning.

If you are using the iMessage app, enable the Send as SMS option in the app.

Android
  1. In the Aurora Protect Mobile app, tap Device Health.
  2. Tap Message scanning to expand it.
  3. Enable the message scanning feature.
  4. On the Allow message scanning screen, tap Allow.
  5. Tap OK.
In the Aurora Protect Mobile app, the "Scanning enabled" status message displays.