Password Alert for Chrome

Phishing is the generic name associated with the malicious process of obtaining sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by fake, deceitful services. Unfortunately, phishing attacks seem only to increase as each year goes by, so, whether you like it or not, so does the risk of falling victim to such scams.

Since Google offers a stunning variety of web services that can all be accessed via a single username and a single password, you will surely not be frowned upon by taking some extra measures to make sure that your Google credentials don't fall into the hands of no-do-gooders.

Password Alert is a simplistic yet extremely useful Chrome extension that helps protect your account's credentials against phishing attacks by constantly scanning each page you visit to check if it's imitating Google's official sing-in forms and pages.

Password Alert can be installed on your Chrome browser with a simple click on the "ADD TO CHROME" button, from the Chrome Web Store.

Before anything else, please note that Password Alert springs into action only after you enter your password in Google's dedicated security section.

Do not expect much regarding user interaction from this extension, as the only time you will see its compact UI is when it alerts you that you should "immediately reset your password to protect your account."

Once activated, it provides you with three options: to either reset your password, ignore this warning for the time being or always ignore warnings for this specific website.

Having said that, you don't have to be a very security-savvy user to add Password Alert to your Chrome browser as, we're sure you'll agree, any precaution which might improve your security is worth having, especially if it doesn't require you to go to great lengths to attain it.