How to force chrome to download a dangerous file

We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. How to tell Microsoft Edge to let you download a file it's blocking You can override SmartScreen and its protections.

Matt Elliott. You can unblock harmful files on your computer using one of the methods described in the previous sections. The file you want to unblock might contain a virus that can destroy or leak information you have on your computer. You might be able to proceed with the download. Your Chrome settings may not be the issue. Both methods are straightforward, but Windows PowerShell is more useful if you have multiple files to unblock.

If you have an antivirus program installed on your computer, it may have blocked the file, and therefore, prevent you from downloading it.

This may be puzzling at first, but the security program lists only threats there that require user decisions. Since the downloaded file was quarantined automatically, no user action is required which in turn means that there are not any current threats. The list of quarantined threats is below. If you are lucky, you may see the virus that Windows Defender detected when it scanned the file download.

The file name is not listed there however but the date may be sufficient to make an educated guess. A click on the row displays options to restore the file or remove it, and to display details. Details displays the file name, but it may not be enough to identify the file, as Windows Defender may display a temporary name. Remove deletes the file from the quarantine, restore on the other hand may restore it on the system so that you may access it.

The current version of Windows Defender Security Center has quite a few issues in this regard. I mentioned the lack of details already, but it is just one of the issues that you may run into. Windows Defender Security Center limits the threats to five on that page. While you can click on "see full history" to display all items that the security program quarantined, you will notice right away that the buttons to remove or restore files are missing there.

What you can try is clear the history, and retry the download. It happens that you get a failed download due to the detection of a virus, but no immediate listing under quarantined threats. The whole process of unblocking files that you want to download that Windows Defender blocked is complicated and to a degree broken.

Why are not there options to remove or restore files in the full history, why do I need to click multiple times to find out more about a threat, and why are not threats listed sometimes in the main interface where you can restore them?

Very very annoying.! This post teaches you how to download Microsoft Edge incl. Chromium-based Edge browser on your Windows 10 or Mac computer.

Click Clear data button to clear browser caches. Some third-party antivirus software may interfere the file downloading process, you may disable the firewall and antivirus on your computer and try to download the file again in Chrome. After the downloading, you should turn on the firewall and antivirus again since it can protect your computer from virus or malware. You can also try to update your Chrome browser to the latest version or reinstall Chrome browser to see if it can help fix Chrome blocking downloads error.

After uninstalling, you can download and install Chrome gain.