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 ...

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 ...

This article falls into the "Chrome does odd things when downloading files" category. Every so often, I like to write articles that simply document weird problems and their solutions/workarounds. I ...

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, ...

Have you ever been in a situation where you have been downloading a file for a few hours, and suddenly it can not be downloaded for various reasons? That sounds ...

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.

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 ...

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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 ...