Tag Archives: Chrome

Chrome Extension Password Checkup

Posted on 2019-02-10 by guenni

After large collections of passwords have appeared on the internet in recent days, Google is taking steps to secure it’s users. Google is offering an extension that displays a warning, it a user attempt to login on a site using … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome get drive by download protection

Posted on 2019-01-28 by guenni

Google’s Chrome browser will get a protection feature to block dangerous drive-by downloads. This should prevent the distribution of malware via this channel.

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Google Chrome: Show internal warnings

Posted on 2018-11-12 by guenni

[German]Today a tip for Google Chrome user. Chrome’s developers have built in a page where you can see all warnings known to the browser. Here is how to view these interstitial warning pages.

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Chrome’s 67 Site Isolation as Spectre mitigation

Posted on 2018-07-13 by guenni

[German]Google’s Chrome developershave activated site isolation on 99% of the systems using version 67 of the browser. This feature also serves as protection against spectre attacks.

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Browser Add-On Stylish for Chrome/Firefox banned

Posted on 2018-07-08 by guenni

[German]Google and Mozilla have banned the Stylish browser extension (AddOn) from the stores. Here is some background information about this add-on.

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Critical security update for Chrome browser

Posted on 2018-06-07 by guenni

[German]The Google Chrome developers have just released a critical security update for the Chrome browser. Users should update their browser to the current version 67.0.3396.79 as soon as possible.

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How to update Flash Player in Chrome or Slimjet?

Posted on 2018-02-06 by guenni

[German]How can I check and manually update Adobe Flash Player integrated in Google Chrome or in a derivatives like Slimjet browser? In the blog post I’ll give you a short guide.

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Ups, Microsoft’s presentation needs help from Google Chrome

Posted on 2017-11-01 by guenni

[German]Embarrassing or funny incident during a presentation at Microsoft’s Ignite conference: Because the Edge browser crashed, a Microsoft employee had to quickly install the Google Chrome browser during a presentation at Ignite in order to complete his demo.

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Google Chrome Version 61.0.3163.79

Posted on 2017-09-06 by guenni

Google has released on September 5, 2017 version 61 of Google Chrome browser for several desktop operating systems. The new browser contains bug fixes and improvements.

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TLS-INTERCEPTION: Sophos-Firewall blocks CAs in Google

Posted on 2017-04-22 by guenni

Users of Google Chrome browser are facing trouble visiting HTTPS websites, if a Sophos firewall is used. The browser shows certificate warnings and saying, the the communication isn’t private.

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