For example, if you are looking to download a new version of Firefox or a popular software package such as VLC and get this warning, it is possible that you have been tricked into downloading a malicious file from a phishing site which has not yet been identified as such by the Google Safe Browsing service. Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. The purpose of this warning is to draw users’ attention to the fact that this may not be the download they think it is. The second category, uncommon downloads, covers downloads which may not be malicious or unwanted but that are simply not commonly downloaded. It is usually best to avoid this kind of software since it could (for example) collect your personal information without your consent and use techniques to make it difficult to uninstall. The first new category, potentially unwanted software, is meant to flag software that makes unexpected changes to your computer, as explained in the Google policy. Thanks to Google’s expansion of their Safe Browsing service, Firefox 48 now extends our existing protection to include two additional kinds of downloads: potentially unwanted software and uncommon downloads. As always, you’re encouraged to tell us what you think, either using this feedback form or by filing a bug in Bugzilla.
Var args = Įdit: for download bar 0.9.7.1 the patch is a tiny bit different.Protection against malicious downloads was added in Firefox 31 on Windows and in Firefox 39 on Mac and Linux. v.3.6.28, released March 13th, 2012 Check out what’s new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the latest version of Firefox.
Var execFile = process = Arguments must be separated into an array On Mac, contrarily to the previous converter for Firefox that was hard to install (involving the installation of the homebrew intermediate installer), you now just have to download a pkg file and doublie-click on it. I only had to write the following function, add it to the Downbar.prototype in downbar.js and call it from the db_finishDownload function. I decided to modify an existing one: Download Statusbar 0.9.6.3. As I’m not familiar with programming Firefox extensions. Now, what we really want is to have Firefox set the kMDItemWhereFroms property for us automatically. usr/bin/xattr -w :kMDItemWhereFroms '' Make Firefox to set kMDItemWhereFroms So you can specify the URL for a file by running
Extended attributes can be manipulated with the xattr command. I did a little research on the web and found out the “Where From”-URL is actually saved in as an extended attribute. Today I asked myself if there was also a way to write this data. Also find our Chrome, Firefox, and Opera browser extensions for the complete Freedom experience. Install Freedom on all of your devices, and block distracting websites, apps, or the entire internet. KMDItemWhereFroms = "" Manually setting the “Where From:” URL Download Freedom for Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, Chrome, or Linux. #> /usr/bin/mdls -name kMDItemWhereFroms a_downloaded_file.pdf
Or if you like the shell, you can use the mdls command-line tool to get the info: So if you find file in Download folder and wonder where it came from, you use Finder (“File > Get Info” or CMD+I) to show it’s source URL. If you used Safari before you switched to Firefox, you might miss Safari’s feature that annotates each download with the URL it was downloaded from.