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Does Google add protection against harmful websites? What if I typo a URL and it starts pre-loading a malware-filled website? Just curious. A cool feature, but
by ChrisMorrisCo 15y ago
Does Google add protection against harmful websites? What if I typo a URL and it starts pre-loading a malware-filled website? Just curious.
A cool feature, but I think this should be opt-in.
- joshuahedlund 15y agoFrom the second paragraph: "The preloading will occur in cases when the top match generated by the omnibox's autocompletion functionality is a site that the user visits frequently" Since you probably don't "frequently" visit malware-filled websites, this shouldn't be an issue - although I wonder if Chrome would load it anyway or not.. It seems to do a better job than most browsers of pre-emptively warning you when you try to visit a dangerous website, at least in my experience.
- ChrisMorrisCo 15y agoThanks! I must have missed that the first time I read, I read the same information via the Chrome support page.