Security News > 2020 > September > Google Ups Malware Protection for 'Advanced Protection' Users
Google this week announced improved malware protection capabilities for all users who are enrolled in its Advanced Protection Program.
Aimed at providing high-risk users such as politicians and their staff, business executives, journalists, and activists with an additional layer of protection for their accounts, the Advanced Protection Program was launched in October 2017.
Following new additions to the Advanced Protection Program that were announced in early summer, Google this week announced that it decided to improve the malware protections available for the users who signed up for the program.
"Advanced Protection users are already well-protected from phishing. As a result, we've seen that attackers target these users through other means, such as leading them to download malware," Google explains.
Now, in addition to displaying a warning when a downloaded file may be malicious, Chrome allows Advanced Protection users to send risky files to Google's servers, to be scanned by the more advanced malware detection technology in Safe Browsing.
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