Google Chrome Is Malware, According To Microsoft

By | October 3, 2011


Chrome Receives Bad Malware Signature From MicrosoftChrome users began reporting the specious detection of the browser early Friday in a quickly growing thread on a Google support forum.

Numerous users complained in Google Forums about the warnings they received in Microsoft Security Essentials, a free, consumer grade anti virus software from Microsoft. According to various reports, WSE identified a problem with Google Chrome web browser and has tagged it as: PWS:Win32/Zbot.


Fortunately, Microsoft became aware of the problem and issued the following statement:

An incorrect detection for PWS:Win32/Zbot was identified and as a result, Google Chrome was inadvertently blocked and in some cases removed from customers PCs. We have already fixed the issue…but approximately 3,000 customers were impacted.

Microsoft told users to update Security Essentials with the new definition file, then reinstall Chrome.

For its part, Google slapped a red warning banner at the top of its Google support pages that read, “Alert: Google Chrome has been incorrectly marked as malware by Microsoft security software.”

Wow, that’s certainly one way to win the browser war. – Andrew Storms, director of security operations at nCircle Security

[Thanks, asknobody, Ichan]


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Being passionate about software, Armin joined FavBrowser.com in early 2011 and has been actively writing ever since. Having accepted the challenge, he also enjoys watching anime, indulging in good books, staying fit and healthy, and trying new things.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    Great!!!This shows how good Microsoft Security Essentials really is.Kudos Microsoft

  2. Asdasdasde says:

    Chrome isn’t really distinguishable from spyware.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Lol. I win

  4. Xerxes says:

    Fully silent and hidden installation of Chrome, really reminds me of spywares!