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 ...

Just when you thought Google Chrome couldn't get more resource-intensive and invasive, it has quietly downloaded a massive AI-related file on systems running the browser. This includes both Windows ...

Chrome will offer more detailed explanations for why a particular download might be suspicious and ask to scan password-protected archives for malware. Chrome will offer more detailed explanations for ...

Google has been tweaking how it scans files using the Chrome browser to detect malware before downloading. By automating the process as much as is possible, Google is looking to protect users from ...

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.