ethminer is not the only one having this problem, virtually any software that can be of good use to a malicious actor would sooner or later have to deal with this (not limited to miners). Normally one can't simply trust anything third-party as something safe, as you have no control over what those third-party software might do to your system.Ĭrypto miners can be used for either benign or malign purposes, but with the mining code often being used by virus makers (incorporating it, or as a separate payload), it's not surprising that security software would prefer to block them outright.

That's why when you download/run a random EXE you got from somewhere else, Chrome/Windows would warn you, or go as far as block you, if it thinks the file in question is dangerous.

According to the results of the Google Safe Browsing check, the developer's site is safe. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available. FLIRC download blocked by chrome FLIRC download blocked by chrome By Tsunami65. If we take this point, everything not developped by chrome dev or windows dev is 'outside devs' control' Description NirLauncher 1.23.63 was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. Just bought the FLIRC USB and wanted to download the installer but when I try, Chrome blocks the download telling me 'This file is dangerous, so Chrome has blocked it.' Is it OK to continue the download or should I wait as Chrome suggests. You can't blame the devs as this is outside devs' control,

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