Google Drive suspicious file warning banner reaches file level in Docs, Sheets, and Slides

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Google Drive displays warning banners that alert users of suspicious files. The feature is now being extended to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. These warnings should help users stay away from files potentially loaded with malware and other security threats.

A new Google Workspace blog post has confirmed that Google is extending Drive’s warning banners to the file level. This essentially means each and every file in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides is now eligible to receive and display a warning banner if Google’s internal malware and virus scanners suspect it could harm the user’s computer.

Moving ahead, nearly every Google Workspace user will see warning banners when they open a suspicious Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides file on the web. One of the most common warning labels that users could encounter reads:

“This file looks suspicious. It might be used to steal your personal information.”

Google Drive suspicious file warning banner reaches file level in Docs, Sheets, and Slides

Google Drive users are warned about suspicious files that may have been laced with malware. The banners alerting about viruses has now been extended to each file in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

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