Google plans to add a new feature to Chrome web browser to protect users from consequences of malicious download link clicking.
"Safe Browsing has done a lot of good for the web, yet the Internet remains rife with deceptive and harmful content. It’s easy to find sites hosting free downloads that promise one thing but actually behave quite differently. These downloads may even perform actions without the user’s consent, such as displaying spam ads, performing click fraud, or stealing other users’ passwords. Such sites usually don’t attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on the user’s computer system. Instead, they use social engineering to entice users to download and run the malicious content."
Upcoming feature in Chrome will make a warning appear if user attempts to download a suspected malicious executable file. This warning will be displayed for any download URL that matches the latest list of malicious websites published by the Safe Browsing API. Feature will be made available for Chrome development release first and target is to have it included in the next stable release of Chrome.
Source:
Google Online Security Blog
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