Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Chrome no longer allow installation of external extensions

First of all: yes, the Chrome browser version is nearing 25. And the next update of the browser will come with a modification with regard to the installation of extensions. Nowadays gives to install extensions without having to go to the Chrome Web Store.



To do so, simply add some records to Windows. Thus, managers could quietly put a major browser software. However, it seems that the thing was not working as it should and Google decided to call off silent installation of extensions.

The staff of the U.S. website Next Web points to the installation of unapproved extension after running uTorrent. This happens more often than one might imagine - even when the user is not exactly a technology expert Same thing happens with a bunch of antivirus until quite famous and used to happen with Skype. The VoIP application from Microsoft installed a software to identify phone numbers contained in web pages so that the connection (via Skype, of course) happen relatively quickly.

Once installed, Chrome from version 25 to warn Internet users about the presence of extensions installed without assistance Chrome Web Store. It's up to each of them choose to run normally the extension or leave it aside.

This modification is only for Windows.