Best way to Protect your Gmail accounts

 

 

Today I’m going to tell you about protecting your Gmail account. Gmail is

considered to be one of the strongest accounts to break into. But recently, it


has been proven that it can be done. We have to be very careful in securing our


passwords so that other networks like Facebook, Orkut and Google Plus are not


compromised as well. Since social networking plays a prominent role in our life,


we have to secure our email accounts with which they are linked up. The Gmail


team has setup a 2 step verification process to strengthen your account. Here’s


how to do it.

 

The main
reason to

strengthen your Google account is that it is a common account for many other


services. With a single Gmail id you are accessing other services of Google


like Android, Google Plus, Adsense, Adwords, Orkut, and a lot other

services. So if you are using all of those services and want to protect your


ID, you should follow this procedure.

Protecting Gmail Using 2-Step Verification :

I will
just add

some screenshots to makethe procest understandable. Just follow the simple


steps below. Before getting into the step 2 verification, make sure you have


setup your recovery options. In case you have lost your password, you can


get it back immediately. You can set the recovering options just above the


using 2 step verification option, as shown in below screenshot.

1) Login
to your

Google Account. You can Login either from Google.com or Gmail.com and after


logging in, Just click on Account Settings as shown in below screenshot to


go to the options page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now
click on

Using Step 2 Verification which is highlighted as number 2 in above click.


Then you will be asked to click on a Start Setup Option in the next page.

3) After
that you

will be redirected to another page where you have to enter your mobile

details. You can select the 2ways of setting up your step 2 verification

process. One is land line or Mobile phone conformation and the other is the


smart phones setup (eg: android, blackberry and iPhone). Take a look at the


screenshot below. I have selected the normal phone text verification process


since i am using a normal Samsung Corby TXT mobile.

 

4) As
you can see

in the above picture, the first red mark option is where we have
selected

our SMS or Voice Call option and at step 2 you have to enter your mobile


number so it takes you further. I suggest SMS text message as shown in
step

3. So after entering the phone and the option, click on the Send Code
option

(4). you will receive a code to your mobile, just enter it and verify.
Click

on next to move the next page.

5)
This is the

page where you are verified and asked to store some verification backup


numbers in case you lost your number or phone. Just take a screenshot of


those numbers and keep it with you. They are really useful when you have


lost your mobile phone. Take a look at the screenshot below.

 

 

Now Most Important Phase Of Protecting Gmail : Activating Step
2-Verification

7) As
you can see

in the above screenshot that all your account sources are verified. Now


after click Turn on 2-Step  Verification button above, you will warned
that

you will be logged out of all the access which you have from

satishcoolpctips@gmail.com Google account. For a better idea, Look at
the

screenshot below.

8 ) Click OK

to proceed further. After clicking OK here your access to the Gmail id
which

you have secured will be very strong. Just take a look at the screenshot


below.







9) That’s it.. Now your Gmail account is step 2 verified account. So
each

and every time when you want to login your Gmail account, You will be
sent a

verification code to your mobile which has to be entered in the above
Enter

code : option to access your Gmail services. In this way you can protect


Gmail services which you want