Stating the obvious, have you scanned your computer for viruses lately? It could be that Chrome is mis-identifying a file as dangerous, but better to make sure. I haven't scanned my computer for viruses lately but it seems to be an issue with Chrome. The files download fine from other internet browsers and another digital download seller said they are having the same issue. Sign In Help. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Showing results for. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Home Web. False-positives If you still suspect the file is getting a false positive i. Get daily tips in your inbox Newsletter. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Related Reading. I then thought that packing the executables might cause this, so I tried without. Same issue. After some more reading I decided to try signing the executables as well as the installer package EXE.
Still malicious I had exactly this problem with an exe file that is downloadable from my web site. Whenever I tried to download the file using Chrome it gave the warning. The solution I found was to sign up to Google Webmaster Tools and add my site.
It took several days for Google to crawl my site, and fill in any information, but I went back today and finally found loads of information there. It seems that once Google has checked out your site and determined that you are not a bad person, the problem goes away.
You are signing the exes, but I'm not quite sure your certificate is backed by a Certification Authority, like Verisign. They sell this services. But yet, I'm not sure signing will make any difference. Chrome reads the files' names inside the zip, but I don't think it decompress the entire file to read the sign.
I also had the same issue, and tried the options described above as well,but no luck. I guess I was just too impatient to wait for Google to crawl my site. After their approval, I added the link to my site, the file downloaded fine.
The only bad thing is that you need to download the Softonic downloader to install your application on softonic, but CNET offers a "direct download link" that allows you to download your original installer. I ran into this issue. The simplest work around: use another [insert browser name here]. If you have a domain with a non-standard domain suffix such as. So will FireFox for that matter. I don't think this was the OP's problem but if you land here because you're searching madly trying to figure out why a commom file like a.
I also had this issue. I am using a certificate generated from my own CA which is installed to the Trusted root certification authorities. At first signing wasn't enough, but then I added file version with my name on it and also an icon. Now Chrome is happy to download and run it. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
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