Chrome is helping protect against malicious extensions and downloads. What you need to know Google is introducing new protections in the Chrome browser for downloads and extensions. Chrome will now warn users if an extension is not trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing. Users will have the ability to perform an enhanced check on a downloaded file if it's deemed potentially unsafe. Google is rolling out a couple of improvements to Enhanced Safe Browsing on Chrome to help keep dangerous extensions and files from being downloaded and installed. You can already easily manage all of your extensions in Chrome from a Chromebook . Now, when you attempt to install a new extension from the Chrome Web Store, a new dialogue will appear to warn you if the extension is not listed as trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing. You can then choose to cancel the installation or continue through with the process. Google states that apps will be deemed trustworthy if they adhere to the company's Pr