How To Report a Phishing or Malicious Site Within Web Browsers

The following instructions are for how to report a phising site to the different major web browser providers. 

  • Internet Explorer
  • Google Chrome

Please note: For Safari and Microsoft Edge, there are no options in reporting the phishing site within the web browser. There are only options for blocking and clearing cache/cookies. 

Internet Explorer

(Screenshots taken from Version: 11.0.9600.19236)

  1. Click the Settings icon on the right upper hand corner of the browser. 

IE settings

 

  1. Cick on Report website problems

webstite problems

 

  1. The website link has automatically been input in the URL section. Type in the "Tell us about the problem" box to give further detail on the issue. 
  2. Click Send.

problem with site

 

Google Chrome

(Screenshots taken from Version: 72.0.3626.109 (Official Build) (64-bit))

  1. Click the Customize and control icon on the right upper hand corner of the browser. 

customize and control\

 

  1. Hover over "Help" and click on Report an issue...

help report an issue

 

  1. The website link has automatically been input in the URL section. Type in the "Tell us what's happening" box to give further detail on the issue. 
  2. Click on the box to make a check for "Include this screenshot"
  3. Click Send.

goood login false phishing

 

Details

Article ID: 72495
Created
Fri 2/22/19 10:54 AM
Modified
Mon 4/10/23 4:38 PM