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How To Enable Adobe Flash Player In Google Chrome

Adobe Flash Player is living its last days and this is no secret for anybody. Nonetheless, this does not mean that it isn’t still useful. For example, in Google Chrome it is possible to deactivate the default use of Adobe Flash Player. However, if you do this you might discover that there are certain websites which require Flash. So here is how you can enable it once again.

How to enable Flash Player in Google Chrome

Enabling Adobe Flash Player is very simple. All you have to do is head over to a website that you trust. Look at the link box and you should see a little lock icon on the left.

If you click on it you should see a small menu pop up. Look through the list of options and at the bottom of it you should find “Site settings”. A new page should open and you will see a list of options. Find the Flash option and select Allow from the drop-down menu.

Other Flash settings

More advanced Flash settings are also available. You can decide on which websites Flash is allowed to function. This is possible on both Windows and Mac. Here is how you can do it.

Start by opening Google Chrome. In the right corner, on the top of the screen, you should see three points. A new drop-down menu should show up. Select Settings. Once a new page opens, you have to scroll to the bottom of it and click Advanced.

You should see a Privacy and security section. There you can find Content settings, click on it. A new list should show up. Find Flash on it and choose to Ask first. This way, if a website requires Flash, you will choose whether it is allowed or not.

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Microsoft’s Bing Returned Malware To Those Willing To Download Google Chrome

Even though Microsoft may not like it, as it’s trying to make more and more people use Microsoft Edge, some users download Google Chrome from Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. What’s strange is that Bing returned a malware as a search result, something that Microsoft has been aware of and, allegedly, fixed.

Users who have used Bing to search for how to download Google Chrome have come across malware. It was an ad which ranked ahead of organic results. So many users have fallen into that trap and accessed the malicious link. Microsoft has already solved the problem, as they reported, but it is unknown how many users have been affected. More concerning, however, is that once again the attackers have managed to bypass the security filters of the Redmond-based company, this time directly within Bing, its search engine.

Users who tried downloading Google Chrome from Bing bumped into malware

The malicious ad looked like an organic search result, something that is legitimate, and it was looking like linking to the official Google.com site. But, in reality, the cyberattacker was actually redirecting visitors to googleonline2018.com and offered a Google Chrome version infected with malware. While that malicious link was blocked by the Google search engine automatically, Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, and the Microsoft Edge Internet browser took no action against the URL in question.

Microsoft has stated that “protecting customers from malicious content is a priority,” so they have already removed the ad that was redirecting users to a Google Chrome version infected with malware.

What is even more worrying is that this is not the first time throughout this year when Bing shows malicious results to users looking for downloading Google Chrome. On the other hand, in the Windows 10 store, apps that use phishing techniques to deceive users by pretending to be a well-known company have also infiltrated too often in 2018.

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Google Chrome 69 Rolled Out With Visuals, Performance, and Security Enhancements

Just a few days ago, Google celebrated the 10th anniversary of its most popular product, the Google Chrome Internet browser. Well, as a celebration, to some extent, the company has just rolled out the new Chrome 69 version which comes with many visual, performance, and security enhancements.

Google Chrome is by far the most appreciated and popular product the giant Internet company has in its portfolio. The new Chrome 69, which is available on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS, as usual, comes with the new look Google has been talking about for some time now.

In fact, the testers of the preliminary versions had already been able to see firsthand some of the new features related to the Chrome 69 GUI, including a smoother appearance, in general, as well as renewed icons, or a new color palette.

The new Chrome 69 update comes with better visuals and improved performance and security

Chrome 69 comes out with enhanced visuals, allowing us to visualize the contents of the different tabs better while switching from one tab to another is now a smoother task.

At the same time, several under the hood improvements have been introduced, especially regarding the internal passwords manager and the personal data autofill in the forms. Also, the new Omnibox feature has also been added to offer you answers to your queries right in your browser’s taskbar or address bar, or prevent unnecessary duplicate tabs from opening.

With these new improvements, also including the blocking of the HTTP protocol in favor of the use of HTTPS, the built-in ad blocker, or the Site Isolation functionality, it is clear that Google does not stop working on improving his most popular software, so widespread around the world.

The new Chrome 69 update has not only focused on security and under the hood features but also enhanced the Google’s Internet browser’s appearance which is now a more modern and pleasant one.

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Google Chrome vs. Opera Mini vs. UC Browser – Best Browser Upon Statistics

Do you remember when we only had Internet Explorer to navigate the web? No? Then you are extremely young. Anyway, we now live in a world with multiple internet browser options and if you are curious about which is the best one to use on your smartphone, then keep on reading.

What do the statistics show?

First, let us explain why the focus of this article is smartphone internet browsers. Apparently, over 75% of the people that access the Internet on a daily basis use their phones in doing so. Other statistics show that 80 out of 100 people that go online access the internet via their mobile devices.

That is a lot of people and, apparently, the most popular browsers are Google Chrome, Opera Mini and UC Browser. Let us see if there are any differences between them.

UC Browser

This famous browser was developed by Alibaba, the Chinese tech company. Firstly, you should know that UC Browser can only be downloaded from the official website, not the play store. That’s because of some policy violation which we aren’t going to discuss now.

UC comes with a built-in ad blocker which may come as great news for many of you. Besides ad blocker, other popular features include speed boosters, file saving or private browsing. Overall, it is an extremely popular internet browser.

Opera Mini

Next on our list is the Mini version of the Opera browser. This one is available for both PCs and phones. As opposed to UC, the Mini browser is downloadable from both the official website AND the play store. Among its most popular features we’re mentioning Private Browsing, the capacity of viewing text in a single column or saving internet pages on your phone.

Google Chrome

Last but not least, Chrome is perhaps the most popular browser. Developed by Google, this one is as well available for PCs and mobiles. There are many phones on the market that share it as a default browser. Its unique design, its intuitive interface and features like Incognito or HTML 5 made it an extremely popular choice.

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Google Chrome 68.0.3440.85 Update Download Available – Stability and Performance Improvements

Google Chrome holds the title of being the most popular browser in the world and this speaks volumes about the services that it offers. There are many reasons to why Google Chrome is so popular, but one of the most important ones has to be the frequent updates that it receives. Google is the company that is in charge of this browser and if there’s something everyone knows about the Android parent, then it must be the fact that Google is on a never-ending pursuit to improve the performance and user experience that its apps offer.

Google Chrome 68.0.3440.85 Update

As already mentioned, Google keeps releasing software updates for all its apps on a weekly basis. Therefore, it shouldn’t shock anyone to find out that Google Chrome has just received a brand-new update that changes its version number to “68.0.3440.85”.

Android Package Kit (APK)

Before we get into the contents of the new update, we need to mention that its available only in the form of APK. This means that the update is exclusive to Android users and that Google Chrome fans who want to get it need to do it manually since APK updates are not rolled out OTA (over the air).

Improved Stability and Performance

The patch notes for Google Chrome’s latest update include the following message from the developers: “Thanks for choosing Chrome! This release includes stability and performance improvements”. Therefore, Google Chrome fans should be happy to know that if they install this latest APK update on their smartphone, the browser will run faster than ever!

OTA Release

The reason why Google release APK versions of its updates is because it wants eager Android users to test them out for bugs. Furthermore, APK updates remain exclusive to beta testers for only a couple of weeks because they are rolled out OTA after that. With that said, the new Google Chrome update will start rolling out to everyone during the upcoming weeks.

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