Just hours after the release of the Google Chrome browser last month, researcher Aviv Raff discovered that he could combine two vulnerabilities -- a flaw in Apple Safari (WebKit) and a Java bug -- to ...

Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections – even if they are available from an HTTPS website. Google Chrome will soon restrict certain files, like PDFs or executables, ...

Chrome downloads can fail due to various reasons. When you click on the download link, Chrome sends a request to the server hosting the file, and the server responds with the file, and your download ...

The file download process could be blocked by a third-party antivirus. The content-length header could be missing from the server. An extension on Chrome could be causing the problem. The current ...

You may see EXE file is dangerous, so Chrome has blocked it while installing an application that Chrome thinks is malicious. If you know for sure that it is safe and ...

Every day, tons of files are downloaded from the Internet, from applications, images, videos, and audio files to plain text files. If you get an error message in ...

If you're on a computer for much of the day, downloading files is likely to be a regular part of your workflow. That could be from an email attachment, a messaging app, or through a web browser.

Are you wondering why the Chrome browser flagged a downloaded file as malicious? Google says it plans to better explain why downloads have been blocked. Last year, Google redesigned Chrome's download ...

Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers among computer users for a number of reasons. Not only is it highly customizable in terms of interface preferences, but it also has a slew of ...

In April 2019, ZDNet reported about a proposal Google had made to other browser makers in an attempt to get everyone on board. The plan, at the time, was that browsers block file downloads that take ...