To protect your rig, Chrome prevents you from downloading that file.
And it alerts you by displaying that message.
But sometimes Chrome may be wrong.
If youre trying to download a file from a trusted source, thats clearly a false positive alert.
If the file comes from a shady website, dont force the download.
Chrome may be right, and that file might be malware-ridden.
Its better to be safe than sorry.
It also blocks suspicious files.
Proceed at your own risk.
We recommend keeping Safe Browsing active.
Use either theStandard Protectionsettings or theEnhanced Protectionfeatures to keep your equipment safe from cyber-attacks.
Your extensions might be blocking that file.
tap on the menu and selectMore tools.
Go toExtensionsand use the switch button to turn your extensions off.
You may want to disable all your extensions, not just the security and privacy add-ons.
verify if you’ve got the option to download that file with the extensions off.
Whitelist the File (And Source)
Your antivirus might interfere with your Chrome downloads.
Consider whitelisting the problematic file and the website youre downloading it from.
The risk of getting your machine infected with malware is just too high to force the download.
Otherwise, dont download it.
