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Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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Post by jocoda »

commandlinefan wrote: post #4
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #2

Chrome is, actually, not scanning files on my computer. Because I don't run Chrome on my computer. This is very much a no-thanks piece of functionality. If I already have malware scanning software, the last thing I want other apps doing is also scanning my entire file system. I'm mostly on SSDs now which significantly reduces the performance hit, but still. I would also note this is a serious concern with the whole t…

> Because I don't run Chrome on my computer. That's what you think.

Explain why you say this. What if chrome is not installed?

Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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ocdtrekkie wrote: post #2

Chrome is, actually, not scanning files on my computer. Because I don't run Chrome on my computer. This is very much a no-thanks piece of functionality. If I already have malware scanning software, the last thing I want other apps doing is also scanning my entire file system. I'm mostly on SSDs now which significantly reduces the performance hit, but still. I would also note this is a serious concern with the whole t…

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Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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Post by slezyr »

jshb wrote: post #9

As far as I could tell as a non Chrome user, Chrome Cleanup Tool is a separate download from Chrome. Chrome may prompt to install it under some circumstances. However, what's described in the article does not appear to be a functionality that exists in normal Chrome installation.

Process "chrome.exe" opens files. I don't think that it's a separate program.

Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

romanovcode wrote: post #15
jocoda wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Explain why you say this. What if chrome is not installed?

Slack? It's supposed to be Chromium but still..

I was think the guy was making an Electron joke, but yeah, Electron is Chromium-based, and if each Electron app was packing it's own ESET antimalware engine, you'd see some serious upset going around.

Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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Post by jocoda »

romanovcode wrote: post #15
jocoda wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Explain why you say this. What if chrome is not installed?

Slack? It's supposed to be Chromium but still..

why mention slack? didn't see anything in either the article or the comment about slack. Article says this is specific to chrome windows.

Google does way too much tracking as it is, but this is about a supposed AV scan not link tracking, so I'd like to understand the comment.

Re: Chrome Is Scanning Files on Your Computer

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

jocoda wrote: post #18
romanovcode wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slack? It's supposed to be Chromium but still..

why mention slack? didn't see anything in either the article or the comment about slack. Article says this is specific to chrome windows. Google does way too much tracking as it is, but this is about a supposed AV scan not link tracking, so I'd like to understand the comment.

Slack's desktop apps use Electron (the GitHub Desktop and Discord apps do as well, for further examples), which is built on Chromium.
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