How to enable redirection blocking to malicious websites on Google Chrome

Enabling this function, it takes on the task of preventing websites from opening a link in a new tab while displaying ads or other unwanted content on the current tab.

Currently, there are many fake websites that report viruses on phones as well as computers. If you regularly encounter this situation, you can terminate it with a new feature very useful on Google Chrome, to enhance security. Specifically, Google has added an extremely useful feature to prevent redirects to malicious websites for Google Chrome. Enabling this function, it takes on the task of preventing websites from opening a link in a new tab while displaying ads or other unwanted content on the current tab.

Google released this feature for Chrome 64 in January, but users running Chrome 62 and above can use this feature with a few settings in Chrome's flag page. If you are interested, the following will show you how to enable it.

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Enable redirection blocking to malicious websites on Chrome for PC

Step 1:

Enter chrome: // flags in the address bar and press the Enter key to access the hidden feature page.

Step 2:

Press Ctrl + F to open the search dialog and type in the keyword # enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture.

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Step 3:

At Framebusting requires same-origin or a user gesture, select Enable as shown below, then restart Chrome by clicking Relaunch Now (Rerun now) , the unique site redirection block feature damage on Google Chrome will be activated.

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Enable malicious site redirection on Chrome for Mobile

Step 1:

Similar to the PC version, you first need to enter chrome: // flags in the address bar and press the Enter key to access the hidden feature page.

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Step 2:

Enter the keyword framebusting in the search box. Then the Framebusting requires same-origin result or a user gesture will appear immediately below. Alternatively, you can copy and paste this content into a URL for faster access: chrome: // flags / # enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture.

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Step 3:

Click on the operation option and select Enable . Then click Relaunch Now (Rerun now)   to restart the application. Immediately, the change will take effect and the feature will be activated.

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Good luck!

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