Google Chrome is randomly blocked on Windows? It’s Microsoft’s fault

Since the beginning of June, users have brought back to forums a strange bug linked to Google Chrome. On Windows, the browser closes on its own or is simply impossible to throw. Within Google’s support, a explanation was finally brought on June 17 by a community manager: this is a bug introduced by Microsoft into its parental control tool and family Safety filters.

A parental control tool that is zeal blocks Google Chrome

This bug which seems to be triggered randomly does not affect other browsers, even Opera, however it also based on chromium. Two weeks after the discovery of this concern, Microsoft has still not deployed any fix.

Users have however found a parade. Rename chrome.exe in chrome1.exe seems to bypass the bug. Good news for parents or schools who use Family Safety Functionality, integrated for memory with Microsoft 365 subscription. It is also possible to deactivate the functionality “Filter inappropriate sites” in options, making protection much less effective.

If it is most likely a real bug, it is difficult not to say that Microsoft would have been more quick to repair it if he had affected his own Microsoft Edge browser. At the last account, Google Chrome still dominated the web browser market with the head and shoulders, despite its reputation as a great gourmet in resources and personal data.

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