Google Docs Phishing: How you can make your Google account secure

A few days after one million Google accounts underwent a Google Docs phishing scam, people have become worried on what accounts they need to sync with their Google so that they aren’t victims of online hacking. As reported, one million Google users’ accounts were hacked, thanks to the scam.

But the question then arises: how does one know what account is safe and what isn’t. The answer is simple.  Follow the steps to know how you can get rid of apps that you feel breach your online privacy.

- For starters, go to your Google Account Page

- The first option is Sign in and Security. At the bottom of that option is an option that says, Connected Apps and Sites’

- You are then redirected to a new window where if you scroll down, you come across an option that says, “Manage Apps”

- You can choose the applications that you don’t want synced with your Google account by clicking on them and then selecting the Remove option

A 'phishing' scam that tricked people with what appeared to be Google Docs links was doused by the internet giant after spreading wildly.

The scam combined "a phishing attack and a worm," using a deceptive email to get people to open the door to malicious code that wriggled into their messaging programs to spread itself to others, according to Electronic Frontier Foundation staff technologist Cooper Quintin. Email sent from a known contact's real address would arrive containing a link it claimed led to a file to be shared at Google Docs online service, according to a rundown of the chicanery.