Chrome will now warn you before you open a website that looks suspicious, a softer alert than an outright block, if you have Enhanced Protection turned on.
Google said the new suspicious site warnings flag a page when it shares qualities with other sites tied to phishing (fake pages built to steal logins), malware, and scams. If you know for sure that a flagged site is safe, you can mark it as such.
The design borrows from Chrome's file downloads. In 2024, Google introduced a two-stage system there, with visually different notifications for blocked files depending on whether they are judged "suspicious" or "dangerous." The site warnings bring that same split to web pages.
The middle tier is the interesting part. Browser warnings have traditionally been a binary: a page is blocked or it is not. A "suspicious" label concedes that detection is a matter of resemblance, not proof, and it hands the final call to the reader. That helps with new or obscure sites that look like scams but are not. It also leans on user judgment, which is exactly what scammers try to exploit.
The audience is narrower than the headline suggests. Enhanced Protection is Chrome's more aggressive Safe Browsing setting, and it is not on by default, so only people who chose it will see these warnings.
Google has described how a site gets flagged and what users can do about it. It has not published a rollout date, a list of supported platforms, or figures on how often the system flags legitimate sites. That last number will decide whether the "mark as safe" option is a rare exception or a routine chore.