Are you getting this “Your organization has blocked this file because it didn’t meet a security policy” error message directly on your Chrome browser? System administrators impose several restrictions on deployed user devices to prohibit the installation of any unsafe, third-party installations. Blocking the installation of such programs that can endanger the safety of organization’s data. Following these fixes, you can bypass this issue.
Fix 1 – Change the attachment scanning protocol using regedit
You may change Windows default behavior of checking internet attachments using a simple registry hack.
NOTE – Please keep in mind that sometimes these registry modifications may lead to certain issues on some systems. So, to be safe, you must back up your system registry before you make any changes to the system registry.
Step 1 – Type “regedit” in the search box.
Step 2 – Open up the “Registry Editor“.
Step 3 – Reach this point in the Registry Editor –
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Attachments
Step 4 – Find the “ScanWithAntiVirus” dword value to edit that.
Step 5 – Set this to “1” value and click “OK“.
Once you have changed the value of the registry value, quit the Registry Editor. Then, restart your computer.
After the device restarts, your computer won’t automatically scan the attachments while launching the downloaded program.
Fix 2 – Change the Security settings
There are some security settings that prohibit the launching the application and unsafe files.
Step 1 – Start the process by loading up the Win+R keys together.
Step 2 – Next, type this there, and click “OK“.
inetcpl.cpl
Step 3 – This should take you to the Internet Options page. There, load up the “Security” settings.
Step 4 – There, you will find several zones. Select the “Internet” zone.
Step 5 – Tap the “Custom Level…” option.
Step 6 – Find the Miscellaneous tab in there.
Step 7 – Locate the ‘Launching applications and unsafe files‘ system.
Step 8 – Set this to “Prompt (recommended)” mode. Tap “OK” to save the changes.
Step 9 – Now, select the “Local intranet” option.
Step 10 – Then, tap the “Sites” option there to load up the site settings.
Step 11 – Uncheck these three items there –
Include all local sites not listed in other zones Include all sites that bypass the proxy server Include all network paths (UNCs)
Step 12 – Click “OK” to save the changes.
Step 13 – Now, while the “Local Intranet Zone” is selected, tap the “Custom Level” option.
Step 14 – Find the ‘Launching applications and unsafe files’ option.
Step 15 – Toggle this to “Prompt (recommended)” mode. Save the changes.
Step 16 – Following the same steps, change the security settings for the other two zones, ‘Trusted Sites‘ and ‘Restricted Sites‘.
After saving these changes, you can close everything else. Then, run the setup file once more. Test if this works out for you!
Fix 3 – Disable the uBlock Origin
Sometimes, the uBlock Origin can come in the way of running the downloaded setup file on your device.
Step 1 – Load up a new tab in the Google Chrome.
Step 2 – Paste this in the address bar and hit Enter.
chrome://extensions/
Step 3 – Find the “uBlock Origin” in the list of extensions and disable that.
After disabling the said extension, you can run the setup file once more. See if this works on your device or not.
Fix 4 – Disable IDM extension
Some users have found an extension at the root of this problem. One of such reported incidents has occurred with the Internet Download Manager extension.
Step 1 – Load up the Chrome page.
Step 2 – Then, tap the dot-button alongside the Chrome address bar and tap “Extensions” to load up the Chrome settings.
Step 3 – Choose the “Manage Extensions” to load up the complete list of extensions.
Step 4 – Find the “IDM Integration Module” and disable it from there.
Step 5 – Turn off any other unnecessary extension related to the file downloads.
After disabling the extension, you can run the setup file once more and complete the installation process.
Fix 5 – Turn off protection settings in Chrome
Chrome invariably turns off the download and install of any suspicious files, generally the setup files.
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NOTE – You have to know whether your computer is part of any organizations group. To know that, you can use this code from the PowerShell terminal –
if ((gwmi win32_computersystem).partofdomain -eq $true) {write-host "DOM"} else {write-host "WG"}
If this returns, DOM, your pc is a part of a domain. Change it to ‘Workgroup’.
If it is WG, you are good to go.
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Step 1 – Open up the Chrome browser.
Step 2 – Load up a fresh new tab and input this address to reach the Privacy and Security settings.
chrome://settings/privacy
Step 3 – Load up the “Security” settings in there.
Step 4 – In the Security settings page, go to the “Safe browsing” section.
Step 5 – Set this to “No protection (not recommended)” mode.
After setting Chrome in this mode, try to run the setup once more. You won’t see the warning messages on Chrome again.