Safe Browsing Advisory
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Why is Google providing an advisory for this page?
We want our users to feel safe when they search the web, and we're
continuously working to identify dangerous pages and to increase protection
for our users. Google uses automatic algorithms and user feedback to compile
lists of sites that may be dangerous. The three major types of dangerous pages
on our lists are social engineering, malware, and unwanted software pages.
The lists of potentially dangerous pages are available to developers via the
Safe Browsing Service.
These lists can't perfectly protect users from every risky site on the web, and there
is always a chance that a safe site could be misidentified as risky, but we
update the lists regularly to keep them as current as possible.
Social engineering (phishing and deceptive sites)
A social engineering
attack takes place when a web user is tricked into doing something dangerous online. Social engineering
content can be on a web site or included via a site’s embedded resources, such as images, ads, or
other third-party components.
Phishing, a type of social engineering, is an attack in which a page asks you for your personal
or financial information under false pretenses. To learn more about phishing, visit
Antiphishing.org.
Additional types of deceptive content, such as an ad that falsely claims that device software is
out-of-date, might trick users into installing
unwanted software.
If you believe we’ve missed a social engineering page, you can report this using
Report Phishing Page.
If you believe we’ve included a page on our phishing list in error, you can report this using
Report Incorrect Phishing Warning.
Malware
Malware is a type of software that attempts to steal your personal information
or use your computer to do things that you do not intend. Malware pages are web
pages containing malicious code that could be downloaded and installed on your
computer without your consent. You can learn more about harmful web content
including viruses and other malicious software and how to protect your computer
at Google Search Central.
Unwanted software
At Google, we believe that if we focus on the user all else will follow. In our
Software Principles we provide
general recommendations for software that delivers a great user experience. Our
Unwanted Software Policy expands upon
those general recommendations by providing a list of basic criteria for user-friendly software on the web. Software
that violates these principles is potentially harmful to the user experience, and we will take steps to protect users from it.
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Last updated 2024-09-18 UTC.
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You can learn more about harmful web content\nincluding viruses and other malicious software and how to protect your computer\nat [Google Search Central](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/security/malware).\n\n- If you believe we've missed a malware page, you can report this using [Report Malicious Software](http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/).\n\nUnwanted software\n\nAt Google, we believe that if we focus on the user all else will follow. In our\n[Software Principles](https://www.google.com/about/company/software-principles.html) we provide\ngeneral recommendations for software that delivers a great user experience. Our\n[Unwanted Software Policy](https://www.google.com/about/company/unwanted-software-policy.html) expands upon\nthose general recommendations by providing a list of basic criteria for user-friendly software on the web. Software\nthat violates these principles is potentially harmful to the user experience, and we will take steps to protect users from it."]]
