So google tracks downloads?

Seems so, but keep in mind that it can provide that UX without being able to recover the individual data about who downloaded what.

Sure, but I don't remember being asked to share this information either, that's the issue here.

Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all. It doesn't sound very "googly" to do so, but who knows, maybe they do... ;)

> Actually, they can provide that (somewhat publicly responsible) UX by extension without tracking at all.

I don't understand what you mean here. How can aggregate long download stats exist without aggregation?

if (extension === zip || tar || ...) then "This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous."

Kind of like putting a warning sign at the swamp without poking for alligators (or yodas)

> Chrome Warning: This file is not commonly downloaded and may be dangerous.

The warning is about download frequency of a particular file, not filetype.

This. I've gotten it when redownloading old PS2 homebrew stuff that I'd used in the past and knew was safe, and that's about it. They were mostly zip and exe files.

hmm https://www.virustotal.com/de/file/ae0325bd27a6797c16ce44b30...

Absolutely not. That's a false positive caused by the SetHandler.exe that's included in the zip.

SetHandler is used if you want to register GopherBrowser as the handler for gopher:// links - it adds some values and keys to the Classes_Root registry hive, which is probably why it's being flagged as a false positive by only 1 out of 61 AntiVirus products.

Rescan just GopherBrowser.exe and it will be clean.

If SetHandler.exe worries you, just delete it.

Instead of just posting 'hmm' and trying to discredit my work, how about you actually ask why it flagged, or better yet do proper analysis on the files and comment accordingly.

I run a clean ship, there is no way I'd release virus-laden software with or without my name on it.