Chrome will warn more often about unwanted software

Chrome users are more likely to encounter unwanted software warnings. That’s what Google says. The company says it has gotten better at intercepting dangerous software, and users will notice this in the coming weeks.

Chrome will issue more warnings about unwanted software than “ever before,” Google says. According to Google, the company’s Safe Browsing algorithms have gotten better, and those improvements will become noticeable in Chrome “in the coming weeks.” The Safe Browsing algorithm protects users from malware, other unwanted software, and phishing.

It is not entirely clear which changes Google has implemented exactly; the company probably doesn’t want to release too much about it so as not to help malicious people too much. However, the company specifically mentions malware that is distributed via ad networks as an example of a threat on the internet; the algorithms may have been improved on that point.