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A recent information was provided by mail service provider Yahoo, which surprised and impressed many people. Yahoo said that about 3 billion users of Yahoo! accounts were hacked in 2013. People's passwords, personal information and other data had reached hackers, which did not even have information about users. Yahoo has described it as the Internet's biggest hacking. At the moment, Yahoo is on the verge of ending, and in 2016 it was purchased by VariJion Communications.

Well it was a matter of Yahoo, but at the moment most users of Gmail use Gmail.

If you also use Google Mail, you can tell that hackers are trying to hack more users' Gmail account than hacking social networking accounts these days.

Your entire online information is attached to Gmail, through which hackers can steal all information about you and misuse them. In this case, you have no choice but to increase the security of your Gmail account. Follow these steps to protect your Gmail account from hacking.

1- password-

Never set a password like your name, family name, mobile number or date of birth. If you feel that the account has been hacked, first change your password. Try that the password is alphanumeric and not common.
2- 2Step Authentication-

Always use the Two Step Authentication Process to protect your account from hacking. This doubles the security of the Google Account. To set it up, go to http://www.google.com/landing/2step/


3- Virus Scan-

Most importantly, keep scanning to protect your smartphone or laptop from viruses. If possible, use a third party anti virus as well.

4- Recovery Option-

Keep track of the recovery option of the account continuously. The mobile numbers and email ids mentioned in this are those you still use.




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