The different threats that can reach our computers do so through the most varied routes. They usually reach us through email, messaging applications, or mobile SMS.
The truth is that for many years the types of malware known as phishing have become common in email. Hence precisely why one of the main providers of this service in the world now wants to provide a powerful solution against all of this. We are talking about Google and its email platform, Gmail.
We tell you all this because the popular email service has just launched a new function that will help us avoid this type of malicious code and attacks. As many of you will already know first-hand, phishing is used by attackers to try to obtain users’ private data through fake emails.
On many occasions they try to pass themselves off as completely legal companies to request this sensitive information from us and we provide it to them without realizing it. Here we are referring to such sensitive elements as bank details, access credentials and all types of passwords, among others. Thus, the new Gmail function we are referring to offers us real-time protection against this type of scam, or scam attempts.
The moment Gmail’s functionality detects a phishing attack, it sends us an alert so we don’t fall into the trap. In addition, the feature itself blocks malicious links to prevent us from clicking and providing sensitive data through it.
How to activate Gmail’s anti-phishing feature
Furthermore, one of the main advantages that this feature offers us is that it does not require any interaction on the part of the user. Once in operation, it is automatically set in the background to detect possible phishing emails that arrive in our inbox.
Of course, we must take into consideration that the so-called Enhanced Protection for Gmail is disabled by default. In turn, it is valid for both mobile devices and the desktop application of the email platform. In case you want to put it into operation for this advanced anti-phishing protection, all you have to do is access this link.
Here we are going to find a selector that we can activate or deactivate at any time and that puts this new Gmail feature into operation. From that moment on, the advanced protection of the email service will be working at all times, blocking these malicious messages and warning us to be alert.
On the other hand, it is worth knowing that this tool that we mentioned is also capable of providing us with additional information. This refers to a detailed analysis of the different web pages we visit. In addition, it analyzes and gives us information about files and extensions that we download and use online. Hence, we recommend that you put this tool into operation and thus forget about phishing once and for all.
