Google Chrome will protect selected ones users from dangerous downloads with the help of the Advanced Protection Program (or simply APP), which was originally launched by the company in 2017.
AAP's goal was to provide users who have a high chance of becoming targets of cyber attacks, such as journalists, activists and politicians, with the necessary arsenal to stay protected during access in their Google accounts.
But if you look at how threats are evolving, 2017 seems to be a long way off. So Google is now expanding its program to include Google Chrome, stopping malicious downloads that could be used in complex cyber attacks.
"Advanced Protection Program users who have enabled synchronization in Chrome will automatically begin to have stronger protection against dangerous downloads on the web for files that contain malware. Advanced Protection users have already benefited from malware protection in Gmail Security Services. ” they said Shuvo Chatterjee, Product Manager, APP, and Kiran Nair, Product Manager, Chrome.
But attackers have shifted their strategies to continue to threaten Advanced Protection users, from email to drive-by downloads, for users to unknowingly download harmful software onto their devices.
Users using the program will begin to see a warning (shown in the image above) that a particular download is being "blocked by Advanced Protection".
So there will be options to discard the download or keep the file, with a "Learn more" message that will display additional information about the reasons why the download was blocked.
The new service does not require a user-friendly change, as the feature is automatically activated regardless of the platform on which Google Chrome is running.
On the other hand, what should be done is to enable the synchronization function in the program browsing to allow to system Advanced protection to perform checks and block malicious downloads.
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