Chrome with Malicious Advertising Protection – Full Advertising on Previously Reported Websites Must Be Blocked

Version 71 of Google Chrome is expected for December. Version 71 automatically blocks all ads on websites that have already attracted attention with malicious advertising.

Advertising on websites is disturbing to most Internet users. But some ads annoy more than others – especially taboos and malicious ads with deceiving buttons and redirects to questionable content. To counter these forms of aggressive advertising, Google has already introduced a blocking feature with version 64 of the Chrome browser. This should automatically hide the abusive ads.

However, as Bleepingcomputer reports, Google has found that more than half of ads are not covered by the blocking mechanism. For this reason, Google Chrome with version 71 will block all advertising on websites that have been repeatedly noticed by bad ads. This should not happen without warning.

Web sites are regularly checked

According to Google, webmasters can view the Google Search Console Abuse Report to see if their own website is affected by the crash. The report will periodically present reviews of the advertisements found on the site. If a website does not stand up to scrutiny, operators have 30 days to remedy the complaint. After that, Google starts blocking all the ads on the relevant website.

Specifically, Google considers that the following types of ads are "abusive":

• False messages and alerts: Ads that look like chat apps, alerts, system dialogs, or similar alerts that are redirected to an ad.
• Misleading page features: buttons, scrollbars, and navigation links leading to an ad
• phishing ads
• Redirects to other websites without user interaction
• False pointer
• Hidden items that redirect to an ad
• Malware or vaporware
• Ads with missing or misleading description

Google Chrome 71 will be released December 4, 2018. The new version should then automatically block any advertising on the relevant websites. However, users can decide for themselves whether this feature should be enabled or disabled. In the browser's advertising settings, they can also allow advertising in principle.