Google today announced it is expanding its Safe Browsing service to protect users against malware that makes unexpected changes to your computer. These threats typically take the form of helpful downloads, but they actually quietly switch your homepage, other browser settings, and in general modify operating system defaults. Google says it will show a warning in Chrome whenever an attempt is made to trick you into downloading and installing such software. The prompts will start appearing “next week” and look just like the warnings for other forms of malware: You can still access the download by going to your Downloads…
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