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Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 07:52
by tinmann
I'd been using a 30" display lately but only in multiplayer games I reverted back to my triple monitor setup and went to download flawless and Google Chrome is now blocking it. What's the problem?
Re: Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 11:05
by Delphium
At first I thought this might be because of the downloaded file being an .exe file, however the same thing happens with the .zip file also.
Will try flag this with its author.
Re: Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 17:39
by skipclarke
Some of these tools get flagged as false positives for viruses, since they alter files. We get this from time-to-time on the game-specific fixes we host.
Re: Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 22:01
by GeneralAdmission
Similar situation with some detailed explanation:
http://blog.nirsoft.net/2014/09/22/comm ... ery-tools/It's frustrating and unfortunate, but will likely be an ongoing fact-of-life for any devs or communities who create or host such software. Hopefully HaYDeN won't have to jump through too many hoops for a workaround.
Re: Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 28 Feb 2015, 22:26
by helifax
I don't see what the problem is...
I can download and install FWS perfectly fine and Chrome doesn't "whinge" about anything...
Re: Why is Google Chrome block Flawless widescreen?
Posted: 01 Mar 2015, 16:58
by HaYDeN
Interesting.... thanks for raising this tinmann.
This appears to be a new initiative by Google that they've rolled out just recently - eg. search "google rolls out new malware"
Just to be sure, I've investigated the logs, can't see any evidence of any intrusion, no changes to any files, checked all the FWS related files and they all correctly match the expected MD5 hashes... eg, same files that have been there for many months.
I've requested a review by Google.