Windows 10: "Windows" access to my Gmail/Google accounts request

Hi! I recently changed the password for my Google account. Since then I get continual messages that my Gmail account is out of date and needs to be fixed. When I click "fix" it says connecting to a service, and then I get a message allegedly from Windows wanting all kinds of access and empowerment to my Google account. No matter how often I dismiss this it keeps popping up. Since Windows is a Microsoft product used on my laptop (W 10) why is this happening and how do I stop it? Thanks! Will

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Google Disables Some Gmail Accounts by Mistake

Google recently mistakenly disabled the Gmail accounts of some users, a mistake caused by company's attempt to stop spammers.

said a Google staffer, identified as Google Guide. People whose accounts were disabled by mistake should have regained access to them already and no data should have been lost, the Google staffer also wrote. Google spokesperson Courtney Hohne said the mistakenly disabled accounts affected "a small fraction," well below 1 percent of the tens of millions of Gmail users.

Source: Yahoo! News

 

Google Adds IMAP Support to GMail

GMail has gained IMAP support, one of the most requested features for Google's web-based e-mail service. If you log into your GMail account and head to "settings", the tab for "Forwarding and POP" should now read "Forwarding and POP/IMAP." If it doesn’t, be patient, Google will be rolling out the new IMAP features across the service over the next few days. With IMAP you can access your mail via your desktop client, read mail, make changes and have those changes mirrored by any other client accessing the account. If you access your mail from multiple machines, IMAP allows them all to stay in sync. To enable IMAP in GMail just head to the settings page and change your access from POP to IMAP.

Source: Wired News

 

Gmail leaves your account open to spammers

A new flaw has been exposed in Google’s Gmail service which could allow hackers to get hold of your contacts. When you log into your Gmail (Googlemail in some countries) account, Google will put your details into a JavaScript file. Because of this, if you browse other websites whilst logged into your account, any of them could potentially declare the function “google” and be able to get hold of all of your contacts. The only two ways to ensure your privacy is safe are to disable JavaScript in all websites except those you trust or to not browse other sites whilst logged into any Google service. Admittedly Gmail is still only a beta, but a fault like this could be quite serious.

Update: Disabling JavaScript did not solve this problem, however it appears that Google has now fixed this issue and your contacts list should be safe.

Source: Engadget