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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Google launches new anti-phishing attack feature

Google on Tuesday launched a new anti-phishing attack for the Gmail. The new feature will automatically display the address of the senders which previously have not yet made a contact with the user's email.

The launching of a new feature is a part of Google's effort to provide more security measure for the users of Gmail. Last month, Google was able to stop some spear phishing attack which have penetrated Gmail accounts of several high ranking U.S. officials as well as South Korean officials, Chinese political activists, journalists and military members.

If the sender of a message is not yet in the contact list of the user, or if the address of the sender has never been sent a message to, the user will see the address of that user on the message header. Third party sender such as email marketing bulk mailers sending messages for retailers will also be displayed automatically.

The feature actually has been present in Gmail and the user can set it manually. In the email services' interface, the user must click "show details" to see the sender's address. With the feature turned on automatically, Google hopes to help users avoid being trapped by suspicious messages that will try to compromise the user's Gmail information.

Once the user has built a communication with a new address, either by adding the address into the contact list or by replying the message, the full address will not be shown. Clip this story

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