What is the 'Google safe browsing service'?

Anyone know what this is? :

Thanks Carolyn,
The reason I asked was because I kept getting a yellow triangle in my Safari prefs saying that 'Google Safe browsing servied' has been off for three days'......or something like that; now its not there for me to cut / past into this reply.

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