Protect Your Gmail Account

5 Tips To Protect Your Gmail Account

Gmail is now a buzz. People having e-mail accounts with other email providers
are even getting registered with Gmail. And the reason is very clear, it’s fast and advanced. It’s efficiency and advanced gadgets system make it more user friendly. But, recently few incidents took place where people lost their Gmail accounts. Yes, this is easy and possible for the hackers to hack your Gmail account.

Hacking is noting but finding the holes in a thing. Once the hackers find that hole, they will get into that thing and will kick you out forever. So, this is very necessary to take care of your Gmail account by following 5 basic tips. These 5 tips will help you to protect your Gmail account from hackers. Lets discuss them one by one.

Use latest version browsers : Always download and install the latest updated version of your browser. Browsers get updated because their earlier versions are not smart enough. Updated versions patch few holes and security issues constantly. So, it’s better to allow your browser to auto install the latest versions as they improve their phishing filters regularly. Hackers try hard to find out the holes inside a browser and then figure that out. Once they did their try and error method, they will find victims. If you are the unfortunate one with some old browsers, they will attack you remotely using some tools. So, always use the latest versions to keep your Gmail safe.
Delete all suspicious Filters : Go to settings –> Filters. Check if they are having any filters. Double check if those filters are made by you or not. If you are not sure about a filter, delete that right away. These filters can put you in trouble. Never ever compromise with your Gmail account. Treat it seriously and never entertain anything that you are not aware of.

Do not click on any link you get via email : People get emails from different organization and societies asking them to click on a link. When they click on that link, they share their login details with the hackers. So, never ever click on any suspicious links, whatever that might claim! if it’s necessary to click on a link then keep your mouse cursor on that link, look at your browser’s status bar, if you find it all right, then go for that link. Else hit delete button. Remember that you have to be careful enough to get along with Gmail. Hate hackers, but love your Gmail.

Never reply to any unknown emails : Hackers are even more smarter that you think. They apply every alternate method to hack your mail accounts. One of the tricks they apply is sending some mails. After sending emails, they eagerly wait for your reply mail. This is possible to track your IP address from your e-mail. once they get your IP address, they will use their brain to hack your Gmail login details. So, be smart. Never reply to any unknown email from your Gmail account.

Disable mail forwarding or POP/IMAP : Never forward your mails to an another account. These can be traced and read by the hackers. Disable POP or IMAP access to your Gmail account. You can open your browser, login to Gmail and read your mails. then why do you need that POP and IMAP access? Hackers are smarter because they have not faced the smartest people yet. Follow the above mentioned tips to protect your Gmail account from hackers.