Report Suspicious Sites to Google With This Chrome Extension
If you’ve been using Chrome for a while, you’ve probably stumbled upon its scary red interstitial ad, also known as the Google Safe Browsing warning. If you’re trying to open a site that looks problematic, like a malware host , Chrome won’t let you do that unless you do a little digging to bypass its warning .
While this must-not-miss red blocker should be all you need to keep yourself from visiting websites you don’t want to be on, Google also offers a few additional tools you can use to test your “Safe Browsing” site. status “, including the new Suspicious Site Reporter Chrome extension.
Install it and a small icon in your browser will tell you if the website you are currently visiting seems suspicious. If you agree – there is something wrong with his presentation, or he is trying to push some fraudulent loading during your browsing – you can also use the extension to flag the site for Google. With enough reports available (I’m guessing), Google will take a close look at the site and think about giving it a big red warning if it’s really problematic.
In other words, you will help your fellow citizens stay safe while you browse by reporting potentially unsafe sites you visit. Please don’t be a jerk and don’t report sites that you just disagree with because that is annoying and Google probably won’t consider someone’s Facebook page (or whatever) an unsafe website. Nice try.
Apart from this, Google also offers a small web tool that you can use to check the “safe browsing status” of any website you want. While most people will probably just wait until their browser says DON’T VISIT THIS SITE – or this new extension will suggest when things seem odd – it doesn’t hurt to keep this tool in your back pocket if you want more. one way to check if Google has checked the site for safety.