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Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. Nice try Google

by topbanana 9y ago

ronilan 9y ago
So google tracks downloads?
- KirinDave 9y ago
  Seems so, but keep in mind that it can provide that UX without being able to recover the individual data about who downloaded what.
  - ronilan 9y ago
    Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. It doesn't sound very "googly" to do so, but who knows, maybe they do... ;)
    - KirinDave 9y ago
      > Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. I don't understand what you mean here. How can aggregate long download stats exist without aggregation?
      - ronilan 9y ago
        if (extension === zip || tar || ...) then "This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous." Kind of like putting a warning sign at the swamp without poking for alligators (or yodas)
        dschoppe 9y ago
        > Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. The warning is about download frequency of a particular file, not filetype.
        LocalH 9y ago
        This. I've gotten it when redownloading old PS2 homebrew stuff that I'd used in the past and knew was safe, and that's about it. They were mostly zip and exe files.
  - flukus 9y ago
    Sure, but I don't remember being asked to share this information either, that's the issue here.
franzpeterstein 9y ago
hmm https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30c3247b3c815f50ba6b29a1163bb34d014ef6beb/analysis/1493290995/ https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30...
- Jaruzel 9y ago
  Absolutely not. That's a false positive caused by the SetHandler.exe that's included in the zip. SetHandler is used if you want to register GopherBrowser as the handler for gopher:// links - it adds some values and keys to the Classes_Root registry hive, which is probably why it's being flagged as a false positive by only 1 out of 61 AntiVirus products. Rescan just GopherBrowser.exe and it will be clean. If SetHandler.exe worries you, just delete it. Instead of just posting 'hmm' and trying to discredit my work, how about you actually ask why it flagged, or better yet do proper analysis on the files and comment accordingly. I run a clean ship, there is no way I'd release virus-laden software with or without my name on it.

Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. Nice try Google

ronilan 9y ago

So google tracks downloads?

KirinDave 9y ago
Seems so, but keep in mind that it can provide that UX without being able to recover the individual data about who downloaded what.
- ronilan 9y ago
  Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. It doesn't sound very "googly" to do so, but who knows, maybe they do... ;)
  - KirinDave 9y ago
    > Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. I don't understand what you mean here. How can aggregate long download stats exist without aggregation?
    - ronilan 9y ago
      if (extension === zip || tar || ...) then "This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous." Kind of like putting a warning sign at the swamp without poking for alligators (or yodas)
      - dschoppe 9y ago
        > Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous. The warning is about download frequency of a particular file, not filetype.
        LocalH 9y ago
        This. I've gotten it when redownloading old PS2 homebrew stuff that I'd used in the past and knew was safe, and that's about it. They were mostly zip and exe files.
- flukus 9y ago
  Sure, but I don't remember being asked to share this information either, that's the issue here.

franzpeterstein 9y ago

hmm https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30c3247b3c815f50ba6b29a1163bb34d014ef6beb/analysis/1493290995/ https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30...

Jaruzel 9y ago
Absolutely not. That's a false positive caused by the SetHandler.exe that's included in the zip. SetHandler is used if you want to register GopherBrowser as the handler for gopher:// links - it adds some values and keys to the Classes_Root registry hive, which is probably why it's being flagged as a false positive by only 1 out of 61 AntiVirus products. Rescan just GopherBrowser.exe and it will be clean. If SetHandler.exe worries you, just delete it. Instead of just posting 'hmm' and trying to discredit my work, how about you actually ask why it flagged, or better yet do proper analysis on the files and comment accordingly. I run a clean ship, there is no way I'd release virus-laden software with or without my name on it.