Any downloads served from a non-HTTPS link will initially show a warning, but eventually Chrome will just block the download outright. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each ...

Google Chrome has a built-in feature that automatically blocks malicious downloads and displays a warning message if the downloaded file is harmful. Google Chrome, like many other modern browsers, ...

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 ...

You can stop Google Chrome from blocking downloads by temporarily turning off the Safe Browsing feature, located in the Privacy and security section of Chrome's ...

When you find Google Chrome blocking the downloads, you can follow the below methods to fix the issue and never face it again. Manually select Keep or Continue download Make sure you download from a ...

Something, not clearly abiding by Google’s rigorous standards of safety and thus, flagged as inappropriate is acceptable but forcefully deciding for someone what is good and what not raises doubts ...

According to a proposal the browser maker has put forward yesterday, only the download of certain "high-risk" file types will be blocked by default. This includes EXE (Windows application binary), DMG ...

Google is moving forward with its plan to block mixed content downloads from web sites to protect users from man-in-the-middle attacks. In April 2019, we reported that Google was looking into blocking ...

As HTTPS has become more common across the web, Google Chrome is preparing to launch a security option that will block “insecure” downloads through HTTP. While it used to be the case that only privacy ...