Millions of Android phone owners are warning of “Red Alert” that you must not ignore

EVERY Android phone owner should be aware of a dangerous warning that you should not ignore.

There is an important Google security setting that can protect you from devastating hack attacks.

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It’s called Google Safe Browsing and it’s designed to protect you while using Chrome on Android.

When you are surfing the web and navigating to a certain website, a pop-up window may appear.

It will say “The previous website contains malware.”

This means that you should avoid clicking through the website as hackers might try to infiltrate your device.

And that could leave your phone, logins, and accounts compromised — leaving you at the mercy of hackers.

“With Google Safe Browsing, you can surf the Internet with confidence and protect yourself from dangerous websites and malicious files,” Google said.

“We’ll warn you if you try to navigate to a corrupt website or file.

“We keep you safe so you don’t encounter malware or phishing scams.

“Because you shouldn’t be tricked into giving out your private information.”

How to enable Google Safe Browsing

To check your Safe Browsing settings, first open the Google Chrome app on your Android device.

Then tap More (three dots) and then Settings (gear).

Now select Privacy and Security and then Safe Browsing.

You can then choose the level of Safe Browsing you want to use.

There are three different levels available.

The first is No protectionwhere Safe Browsing is completely disabled for Chrome – although it may still be enabled in other apps like Gmail.

And then there’s standard protectionthat automatically warns you about “potentially risky websites and downloads”.

This setting can also be used to warn you about compromised passwords.

The third and most powerful option is Enhanced Protection.

This automatically warns you about risky sites, downloads and leaked passwords.

It sends additional information about your activity to Google for overall security.

And it checks the safety of your downloads to see if a file could be dangerous.

You can even send files directly to Google, where they’ll be “scanned for extra security.”

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