Google Chrome adds warning for suspicious sites and ClickFix protection
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Google announced a new layer of warnings in Chrome for users of Safe Browsing’s Advanced Protection mode. Pages showing signs of deceptive behavior but not yet classified as malicious may display the message “This site doesn’t seem right,” allowing users to go back or continue. Sites considered dangerous will remain blocked by a red screen. The setting can be enabled in Chrome’s privacy and security options and allows information to be sent to Google to check pages, downloads and extensions.
According to Google, Gemini models running in the cloud may analyze signals such as a page’s content, the brand it claims to represent and the address’s reputation to identify scams, including fake antivirus alerts and browser updates. Google says the processing is temporary, with text neither logged nor used to train AI models. Chrome will also warn about ClickFix attacks, which try to persuade users to copy potentially malicious commands into PowerShell or the Windows Command Prompt.
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The change may give users an intermediate warning before they continue to suspicious pages, while expanding protection against scams that encourage them to execute commands manually. Because the analysis sends information to Google, the setting also involves a choice between added protection and data sharing.
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