Google determines what Windows users should use
Developers of Google Chrome have for some time been openly saying that antivirus software is more harmful today than good. In their opinion, third-party protection tools on Windows have a negative impact on the development and stability of web browsers. Until now, however, these were only opinions.
Along with the debut of Chrome 66, Google's developers, however, went to the deeds.
Under the slogan of combating browser failures, in November last year, Chrome received a
feature that reports to users 'incompatible applications' after such a failure.
Users are encouraged to remove programs injecting their code into the browser, because they could lead to its suspension.
This feature went to a wider group of Internet users only in April this year, along with Chrome 66. Browser began to display after failure notification that such and such an application may prevent the correct operation of Chrome. It was, however, only the beginning.
In July, along with Chrome 68, the browser began to display notifications that some programs may prevent it from working correctly and encourage deletion or update. At chrome: // settings / incompatibleApplications you could see the whole list of such 'threats' for stability, along with the buttons to remove them. It just so happens that they were mainly anti-virus tools and system optimizers - products of such companies as Malwarebytes, IObit, BitDefender, Kaspersky Lab, ESET, AVG or Avast. In addition to them, there were also real surprises, such as the Acer power manager, Dropbox client, TortoiseGit client or Filezilla.
Google then revealed its further plans. From January 2019, with the release of Chrome 72, the injection of code will be blocked by all programs considered to be a threat to browser stability.
It looks like there will be no way to block this block. These programs simply share the fate of browser plug-ins recognized as unnecessary a few years ago.
Manufacturers of independent anti-virus software were placed against the wall. Virtually all
tools of this type inject their code into browsers to monitor user activity and protect it from
online threats. If Chrome prevents it, the value of their products to users will decrease
significantly. So what to do next?
It seems that the industry has not developed a common position. The most important
companies are looking for solutions on their own. Avast and its AVG have released a message that they are changing their products to keep Chrome compatible. You have not been told what exactly was done, but the browser does not want to report them as problems to be removed.
Kaspersky Lab announced that it is aware of the problem of this reported incompatibility,
contacted Google and tried to find a solution. At the same time, he reminds you that injecting code into a browser is a key part of online security, fighting against keyloggers and other threats stealing sensitive user data.
BitDefender announced that to avoid appearing on the list of incompatibilities of Chrome,
released August 20, an update that disables protection against exploits in Chrome.
The company admits that it does so with regret, but it was decided to take such a step for the benefit of users - the point is not to uninstall the anti-virus and not expose themselves to other threats just because Chrome scared them with a warning.
The most interesting, however, is the opinion of Malwarebytes. The company said that Chrome does not check whether the 'incompatible' application causes crashes or not. Google has just made a list of popular applications that users fearlessly detect if they detect the right key in the registry. Interestingly, according to Malwarebytes, there are some applications that inject code in Chrome that may cause browser crashes ... but which are not on this list of incompatibilities.
Could it be some privileged, partner applications?
Google itself is silent on this matter.
Source (page in Polish) >>>
Chrome ostrzega przed antywirusami, Google określa, z czego powinni korzystać użytkownicy Windowsa
