Google Adds Gemini Scam Detection and ClickFix Warnings to Chrome

Google is expanding Chrome’s Safe Browsing protections with Gemini-powered analysis of scam websites, new warnings for suspicious pages and detection of commands linked to ClickFix attacks. The features are available to users who enable Enhanced Protection, the browser’s more protective Safe Browsing mode, Google said in an announcement dated October 20, 2026. The Gemini system has moved from on-device analysis to a server-side model. Google says it can identify fake antivirus alerts and fraudulent browser-update pages, in addition to tech-support scams targeted by the earlier system. The model assesses page signals such as the brand presented, the page’s apparent purpose and the likelihood of a scam. Safe Browsing combines that analysis with domain reputation and other security signals to reach a verdict. Google says Chrome sends page text for server-side analysis only when a site displays strong indicators of a scam. The company says that content is processed ephemerally: it is not logged, retained or used to train models. The reports describe Google’s stated privacy practices but do not include independent measurements of the system’s accuracy or data handling. Enhanced...