How to Enable Phishing and Malware Protection – Google Chrome
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Google Chrome gets bundled up with a
lot of features that helps to protect your computer from threats and scams
while browsing the Internet. This feature is known as Phishing and Malware
Protection. It employs a technology that defends the system against the phishing
and malware damage. The Google Chrome even adds extra layer of protection by
blocking the programs against the web pages that tries to download and execute
harmful files on your computer. Moreover it guards the computer against illegal
software which monitors your web browsing habits or steals sensitive data from
your system.
Chrome is the only browser so far
that issues advanced warning if the web site that you are trying to open is
compromised or being used as an attack page. Thus once you see the Google
Chrome web page warning which is better to leave the web site in order to avoid
virus infection.
In order to activate the Phishing
and Malware Protection and enables you to Safe Browsing feature and follow these
procedures.
1. Firstly you need to open Google
Chrome Internet browser.
2. Then you need to look for
the 3-bars icon then customize and control the Google Chrome on the upper
right customized and customized and control Google Chrome on your upper right
corner of the browser and then click on it.
3.It displays various options that
features and settings which may access to adjust the browser. Then click on the
Settings from the drop-down list.
4. This will open the Google
Chrome Settings page. This page contains all the preferences and
configuration for the browser. Then from the left panel displays the area or
category that can see the individual items on the right panel.
5. From the left panel, you need to click
on Settings. It displays list of contents on the left panel.
6. Then proceed to the area with label
Privacy. Then this area is hidden, you just need to click on the Show
advanced settings… to expand. Items presently active are marked them a
check. Then put a check mark on “Enable phishing and malware protection”
and enable this feature.
7. Once you enable the changes and
then close the current tab and you may now restart the Google Chrome.
In order to disable Phishing andMalware Protection and go through the
same process and then remove the check mark on this specific item.
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