Google has given Chrome 17 beta browser yet another upgrade, but this proves to be more than just an upgrade. The tweaked addition would help, as the browser would have improve speed and security.
Being in the beta phase, one can assume that the results are bound to vary, till it is out for each and every individual. Till then, it is possible that some sites appear instantly after one hits Enter, while others load as they did previously.
This change, once out of the beta stage, will have a lasting impact, improving the speed of users everywhere. This would be extremely beneficial in those countries and areas, where the net connectivity is low.
Noting the security effectiveness, Google has made additions to the Safe Browsing technology pushed into the browser.
Of the two, security is definitely a much wanted option for the users. As many others in the tech world are facing issues related to security, Google has smartly made an effort to push away a few talks in this regards. Google has even been a prime target for the experts and critics, where security is concerned and making a number of similar efforts, can help Google’s cause to have fewer issues against itself and its products and services.
Briefing about this update, it was known that previously Chrome used to prevent malicious websites, so as to protect the users, but it has recently expanded to allow it to examine executable files (such as .exe and .msi files) that are being downloaded.
If any file is found to be bad, or is hosted on a site, which has a relatively high percentage of malicious downloads, they would see a warning from Chrome noting that the file appears to be malicious and that it should be discarded. They it would be the user’s wish to continue or not, with the file.
The list of files currently covered by Google might see an inclusion of other files too in the coming months.
In a related development, Google had punished Chrome for over a sponsored-post issue. The same say the search engine giant penalizing Chrome for the same. But recently, there were an explanation given for the act of Chrome. Matt Cutts, head of Google’s webspam team, commented on the incident, noting, “Google was trying to buy video ads about Chrome, and these sponsored posts were an inadvertent results of that,” he says via Google+. “If you investigated the two dozen or so sponsored posts (as the webspam team immediately did), the posts typically showed a Google Chrome video but didn’t actually link to Google Chrome. We double-checked, and the video players weren’t flowing PageRank to Google either.”