Office 365 advanced protection

Microsoft 365 Family and Microsoft 365 Personal give you advanced protection from viruses and cybercrime, tools to help keep your information secure and private, and ways to recover your files from malicious attacks.

Advanced protection from viruses and cybercriminals

Applies to: Outlook

Learn how Outlook.com scans your email attachments and checks the links you click in real time for viruses or phishing scams.

• Advanced attachment scanning and link checking

Tools to help keep your information private & secure

Applies to: Outlook, OneDrive

To protect confidential information, encrypt your email, prevent forwarding, store sensitive files securely, and password-protect files you share.

• Email encryption

• Prevent forwarding

• Protect files in Personal Vault

• Password-protected links

Recover files from malicious attacks

Applies to: OneDrive

Learn how Microsoft 365 alerts you of a ransomware or malicious attack and helps you restore your OneDrive files so they're not held captive.

• Ransomware detection & recovery

• Restore your OneDrive

This handy infographic outlines four ways Microsoft 365 helps you stay safe online.

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