Chrome offers malicious download warnings

By Tom Brewster on Apr 7, 2011 6:33AM

Google is trying out a new malicious download warnings feature in Chrome.

Google has added malicious download warnings to its Chrome browser, starting with dangerous Windows executables. The feature targets drive-by download attacks, showing up warnings if a user tries to get a malicious file onto their system, Google said on a blog. The warning will show up when a ...

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