GMAIL is one of the famous email service provider but today email accounts are hacked.This is due to our problem not the service provider problem.Here i am sharing some ideas to protect your Gmail Account from hacking.Doing these things this will help to protect your Gmail Account safely.do these things..
1.Check the URL before entering to the gmail most of the hackers send a URL and that is the good way to the hacker to hack an account.So check the Url before logging. always check that you are logging in to Gmail by typing www.gmail.com and not from any other URL.
You never know which programs are installed in a public computer. Consider a simple scenario: You went to a local internet cafe to check emails from your Gmail account. The cafe staff has installed a Keylogger in every computer and when you type the username and password, the Keylogger script comes into action, records both your username and password and sends it to another email address. You leave the cafe after checking emails and the cafe staff retrieves your username and password and hacks your account.
Hence, never check emails at a local cafe or at public places or in any computer where you don’t have control.
to an FTP server. And you are completely unaware of the whole process, running in the background.
1.Check the URL before entering to the gmail most of the hackers send a URL and that is the good way to the hacker to hack an account.So check the Url before logging. always check that you are logging in to Gmail by typing www.gmail.com and not from any other URL.
2.Avoid checking Emails in public places and make sure that you log out from your account
A Keylogger is a computer program which can be used to record what you are typing in the keyboard. The Keylogger records your keystrokes, saves them in a simple text file and sends it to an email address orYou never know which programs are installed in a public computer. Consider a simple scenario: You went to a local internet cafe to check emails from your Gmail account. The cafe staff has installed a Keylogger in every computer and when you type the username and password, the Keylogger script comes into action, records both your username and password and sends it to another email address. You leave the cafe after checking emails and the cafe staff retrieves your username and password and hacks your account.
Hence, never check emails at a local cafe or at public places or in any computer where you don’t have control.
to an FTP server. And you are completely unaware of the whole process, running in the background.
3. Forward Emails to A Secondary Email account
Should you need to check emails from a public computer or from a local internet cafe and you fear that the computer might have installed some keylogger programs? Here is a nice workaround.- Create another Gmail account and choose a different password for this account. This means that the password of your new Gmail account should not match with the password of your main Gmail account.
- Select the option to forward all incoming mails to your newly created Gmail account. Any email received in your primary email account will be forwarded to this secondary email address automatically.
- Regularly Monitor Gmail Account Activity
- You can monitor the IP addresses of the computers used to log in to your Gmail account. To find the IP addresses, log in to Gmail, scroll down and click account activity details
5. Check for Bad FiltersGmail filters can be used to set rules in your Gmail account – you can automatically forward specific emails to another email account, delete it, archive it and do various other tasks. Sadly, filters can be a big threat to your Gmail account security.
Consider a situation – you checked emails from your college computer, forgot to log out and left the classroom. One of your friends found that you have forgotten to log out and he applied a filter in your Gmail account. This filter automatically forwards all of your emails at his email address.
Now he has access to all your emails and he may reset your account password, if he wants.
Hence you should always check for unknown filters from Gmail Settings -> Filters. Delete any filter which you didn’t created or which appears suspicious.
Do not Click on Suspicious Links
There are some websites which let’s anyone send fake emails to any email address. And the worst part is that the sender can customize the “From” address to anything – noreply@gmail.com or gmailteam@google.com.
Consider a scenario: Mr X uses some website and sends an email to you asking you to change your Gmail password due to security reasons. You see the from address field as something like “support@gmail.com” and think that it’s from Gmail. No, it’s not.
When you receive any emails which asks you to change your account password or enter login credentials, STOP. Do not ever click on any suspicious links from your inbox.
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