Pretty sure it'll be because of the semi-shady ad networks that service torrent sites and various other filehosts. The networks themselves aren't shady, per se, but they don't have the resources of Google to adequately police all of the ads that run through their networks. As a result, they end up serving malicious ads that link to dodgy installers or even straight up 0-day browser exploits.
At this point, the only think keeping me on Chrome/Chromium is their dev tools. After the 'Ok Google' binary blob and now this shit, I've just about had it. At the very least, there should be an option to unblock sites permanently to fix this. There is absolutely no reason why I should have to turn off all Phishing & malware alerts just because Google suddenly got a paycheck from the MPAA/RIAA. Whatever their reason is, it doesn't matter, as it leads to unsafe browsing regardless. Way to go Google!
This is some pretty hillarious bureaucracy we're seeing here. First, the world was noticed [0] that google would begin blocking "Unwanted Software", and included a link [1] to their "unwanted software policy". This means that they can claim they gave all the torrent sites good faith notice since february, and even though none of them realized that they would be considered unwanted software, the time ran out, and google quietly swept these sites under the rug. They don't seem to be retracting this, either, which means this is business as usual.<p>I consider this action to be further proof that "Don't Be Evil" died with Eric Schmidt coming on board. This is stuff I'd expect out of Microsoft, but it still surprises me when Google does it.<p>0. <a href="http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.nl/2015/02/more-protection-from-unwanted-software.html" rel="nofollow">http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.nl/2015/02/more-protect...</a><p>1. <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/unwanted-software-policy.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/company/unwanted-softwa...</a>
Instructions to turning the warning off can be found here[0].<p>0.<a href="https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/99020?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/99020?hl=en</a>
Given the average user's ability to figure out that blue download buttons are not in fact download buttons, just ad sites that offer you your download by name but in fact give you malware, this is the correct decision
Is this due to these sites having a lot of advertising (probably serving malware) or is this a deliberate attack from the media industry by trying to scare people?
I remember that i was getting popups on many torrent sites just by clicking on the search input field or selecting text, even on tpb and kat.<p>Not very surprised. The ads they get are pretty bad, and i wonder if the mpaa or riaa don't have some cog in there.
Rather amusing to see an advertising company like Google protecting Chrome users from these "extra ads".<p>I wonder if an OS could block Google's software for vacuuming your information to Google's servers, never to be deleted.
It's probably a single sketchy ad network if not a single sketchy ad. Most torrent sites use the same few networks; there aren't a lot of choices if you're a torrent site.<p>I don't understand the commotion - the warnings look typical, I'm glad google provides them, and they're easy enough to bypass (at your own peril esp. if you use Windows.)<p>I resent this story for forcing me to say something nice about google. There's a multitude of better reasons not to use Chrome.
This alternative link [1] to KAT doesn't have the security error.<p>[1] <a href="http://thekatroxy.net/" rel="nofollow">http://thekatroxy.net/</a>
Not just Kick ass torrents, but almost all major torrent sites including Torrentz, ExtraTorrent and RARBG [1]<p>[1] <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/chrome-blocks-major-torrent-sites-over-harmful-programs-150710/" rel="nofollow">https://torrentfreak.com/chrome-blocks-major-torrent-sites-o...</a>
Seems like they(3rd party) haven't found a way to stop piracy and started trying so hard to add malicious code, which may lead to blocking out these websites by all the major browser vendors and reduce piracy to some extent.<p>The one behind this, You're gonna lose the war.!