How to Use Google Advanced Protection to Protect Your Family from Malware

The Internet has revolutionized the way we create, disseminate, and consume information. It has eliminated the barriers of distance and simplified the way we come together. Unfortunately, this comes at the cost of compromising privacy, knowingly or unknowingly. After a slow beginning, the malware attack is spreading like a pandemic, jeopardizing the lives of those people who are at risk of targeted attacks. Thankfully, tech giants, including Google, are revamping devices and product security structures to thwart any possibility of malware attacks to protect users. 

The sophistication and dynamism of malware are making it increasingly challenging for companies to protect users from targeted attacks. These targeted attacks smartly crafted to function in disguise so that it could remain unnoticed for a more extended period. Since these designed to attack individuals’ Google account to steal private information personally, this becomes highly challenging to develop an individualized multi-layered protection tool. Visualizing the trends of rising targeted attack on Google Account users, the tech major has developed a specialized Advanced Protection Program to thwart any effort of malware attack. 

The Advanced Protection Program protects users from any targeted attack by limiting data access, blocking suspicious account access, enabling physical security keys. To make it more robust, Google has now added new malware protections to the existing program. 

What Do You Get From Advanced Protection Program 

Everyone is vulnerable in the digital space, it is reality, and everyone should be ready with protective gear to keep themselves and the family safe from targeted malware attacks. It is almost impossible to be delicately attentive to keep an eye on every app you and your organization and family uses. The best possible strategy is to upgrade the security of your Android devices by enrolling for the Advanced Protection Program, which now has a new malware protection feature. 

Thwart Phishing Attacks 

The redundancy of the traditional 2-step verification is well known as even the most attentive person can fall in the trap of smart phishing tricks. The all-new Advanced Protection Program takes you beyond the 2-step verification to ensure maximum security. Apart from the sign-in password requirement, now you have built-in physical security key for Android 7.0+ or free Smart Lock app for iOS 10.0+ iPhone. Meaning, even if you fall in the trap of a phishing attack, no one will be able to access your account without physical security keys. It is pretty simple to enroll for Google Smart Lock by clicking the link. 

Strict Data Access Limit 

Whenever you download an app, you are requested to grant access to your Google account. Although, it is legitimate in most of the case, sometimes sophisticated attackers impersonate an app to steal personal data. The Advanced Protection Program helps you protect all your Google accounts and some third-party apps by limiting access to data access.