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chrome keeps blocking a file I'm trying to download

Chrome says the download was blocked as insecure or dangerous for an installer I trust from the developer's own site. Keep doesn't always appear. How do I let one specific download through?
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yvibe_fixes Oct 28, 2026
vikram_43
If the file is from somewhere you trust, open the downloads page (Ctrl+J). The blocked file sits there with an option to keep it anyway. If it says Failed - Virus detected, that one is Windows Defender doing it, not Chrome, and the keep option won't help. You'd have to allow it in Windows Security > Protection history. Worth being honest with yourself about the source though. Most of the time that warning is right.
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