Google Chrome 71 takes aim at deceptive websites

In the new version of Google Chrome, users would be warned when a site appears to be hiding the real costs and terms for a transaction.

Google Chrome 71 has been rolled out for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems (OS). (REUTERS)

Google has announced its newly-released Chrome 71, the latest version of its web browser, is now rolling out for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems (OS), which aims to keep deceptive websites off.

The latest version of Google's browser was in the works over the past few months and has just left the beta programme.

"The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 71 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks," Google wrote in a blog post.

"Chrome 71.0.3578.80 contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log. Watch out for upcoming Chrome and Chromium blog posts about new features and big efforts delivered in 71," the blog post added.

In the new version, users would be warned when a site appears to be hiding the real costs and terms for a transaction. With Chrome 71, experiences on websites that fall under Google's definition of abusive would be filtered.

These include web experiences that are not just limited to ads, such as auto-redirects that happen without any action from a user or trick-to-click experiences like a warning notification that actually leads to an ad or another website's landing page, according to a report by The Verge.