Google has announced a few improvements for Chrome browser in order to protect users against dangerous websites and phishing pages.

Starting with Google Chrome 75, the applying integrates a brand new warning whenever a confusing URL is loaded, and with the assistance of a passionate extension, users can report pages they think could pose a threat to their devices to the search giant.

This way, Google says, the organization can expand its blacklist and help protect others too, all utilizing a community-driven system that flags dangerous websites.

Microsoft itself is offering a method to report unsafe links in the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, but this time, the operation is a little bit more straightforward and relies on systems produced by the software giant itself to bar malicious pages.

A new Microsoft Edge browser is currently in development, because the Redmond-based software giant migrates to Chromium, exactly the same engine that powers Google Chrome. Preview builds already are on Windows 10, older Windows, and macOS.

How you can benefit by an unsafe page to Microsoft is pretty simple actually. The option can be obtained in the actual menu of the browser at:

Microsoft Edge > Menu > Help and feedback > Report unsafe site

Microsoft doesn't need you to enter too many details about the page you're reporting, so you only need to tell the company if you think the page is safe or unsafe, indicate the language used on the website, and resolve a captcha to assist fight spam.

And that's practically all about it.

However, Microsoft doesn't make use of the same blacklist as Google, albeit the 2 tech giants cooperating on the common system that might be integrated into their browsers would help build a a lot more effective protection tool against dangerous websites.

The software giant depends on its very own Windows Defender SmartScreen feature, which itself builds a database of potentially-dangerous links to block them on Windows as well as in Microsoft's browsers. We discussed more about SmartScreen here, but the essential part is this:

"Windows Defender SmartScreen uses information from Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Windows users around the world in addition to anti-virus results, download volumes, download history, URL reputation, and many other criteria to determine the likely chance of downloaded programs."

So once you report a webpage as very damaging, Microsoft engineers can determine whether it indeed posts a threat to visitors, and if it does, add it to the SmartScreen blocklist. When a link is positioned in this article, it should then be blocked on Windows 10 as well as in Microsoft's browsers, with a warning displayed whenever the dangerous content is going to be loaded.

Simultaneously, Windows users are also permitted to bypass the SmartScreen warnings, as well as in Microsoft Edge they can download files that are reported as unsafe. The easiest way to do this is to open the download manager, right-click the download and click Download unsafe file. If another warning shows up when attempting to operate the downloaded file, click the option that reads Run anyway.

Remember that the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is still a work happening, so other improvements in this regard could soon make their way to the browser too.

Additionally, because it's according to Chromium, Microsoft Edge are now able to run Google Chrome extensions as well. This means Edge users may also install Google's extension for reporting malicious websites and send them to the search giant for further inspection.