Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
February 11, 2014 03:40 pm GMT

Google Chrome Now Tells You When It's Been Hijacked

Google-chrome-social-media

Google Chrome is helping its users fend off browser hijackings

Linus Upson, Google's vice-president of engineering, announced a new protection in a blog post last week that asks users to reset their account if Chrome's system detected a potential hacker

The tech giant revealed that Chrome users' number-one complaint is hackers attempting to change their settings by tricking them to download malware — that is, software from untrusted sources with nefarious purposes.

Malware makes it impossible to revert back to the browser's original settings, Upson said in the post.

See also: Hackers Sue German Government for Helping the NSA Read more...

More about Google, Google Chrome, Hacker, Tech, and Apps Software

Original Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/IBSGzcGNqME/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Mashable

Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.

More About this Source Visit Mashable