Google Chrome will block certain downloads outright. You may need to whitelist the files in the security program to be able to download it. If you do that, the file is restored on the system so that it becomes available on it.Īnother thing worth noting is that third-party antivirus solutions may interfere with downloads in Chrome as well. If you happen to open the downloads page by loading chrome://downloads/ you will notice that the files are listed there including an option to 'recover malicious file' or 'keep' it. Do you want to keep anyway?' warning even if you have disabled the protection feature under privacy. Note also that Chrome will display a 'This type of file can harm your computer. If you rely on those, it is better to keep it turned on considering that this impacts other security features such as phishing protection as well. This disables all phishing and malware checks in the browser including download checks.Under Privacy and security, locate Safe Browsing - Protects you and your device from dangerous sites, and toggle it so that it is off (gray and not blue).Select 'show advanced settings' at the bottom of the screen.You could turn off Google's Safe Browsing feature in Chrome to avoid this from happening in the future.

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