Get warnings about dangerous & deceptive content

Phishing and malware detection is turned on by default. When it's turned on, you might see the following messages. If you see one of these messages, we recommend that you don't visit the site.

  • The site ahead contains malware: The site you start to visit might try to install bad software, called malware, on your computer.
  • Deceptive site ahead: The site you try to visit might be a phishing site.
  • Suspicious site: The site you want to visit seems suspicious and may not be safe.
  • The site ahead contains harmful programs: The site you start to visit might try to trick you into installing programs that cause problems when you’re browsing online.
  • This page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources: The site you try to visit isn't secure.

Important: Download with caution. Some sites try to trick you into downloading harmful software by telling you that you have a virus. Be careful not to download any harmful software.

View unsafe sites & downloads

You can visit a page or access a downloaded file that shows a warning. This isn't recommended.

Visit an unsafe page

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. On the page where you see a warning, click Details.
  3. Click Visit this unsafe site.
  4. The page will load.

When you visit an unsafe site, Chrome will try to remove the unsafe content from the page.

View the entire unsafe page
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. On a deceptive site, to the right of the address bar, click Content blocked Content blocked.
  3. In the alert, click Load full site.
  4. The page will load.
If the error mentions scripts, you can view the entire page by clicking Load unsafe script.
Download an unsafe file
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More More and then Downloads.
  3. Find the file you want to download.
  4. Click Recover malicious file.
Turn off warnings about dangerous & deceptive sites

If you don't want to be warned about unsafe content, you can turn off deceptive and dangerous site alerts. This also turns off download warnings.

Important: We do not recommend turning off alerts.

  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, click More Moreand then Settings.
  3. Under "Privacy and security," click Safe Browsing.

Did you mean [site name]?

If you get this message, Chrome thinks that the web address may be for a different site than the one you expected.

The message may also say “Is this the right site?” or “Fake site ahead.”

You get this message when the site you try to visit:

  • Appears similar to a safe site you usually visit.
  • Tries to trick you with a URL that is slightly changed from a known safe site.
  • Has a URL that is slightly different from a URL in your browsing history.

If you think a page was flagged in error and you want to proceed to the site, click Ignore.