The Google giant's browser, Chrome version 66, is now available online and, as promised, it finally blocks the detestable automatic audio playback feature that makes you jump every time you visit a website incorporating a video with audio. A feature that has existed for ages on other browsers or had to block site by site on Chrome.
Anti-malignant functions
On this version 66 of Chrome, Google includes an isolation function often called "sandbox" if you visit a website considered malicious that may attack your computer or your data. If the function existed since version 63 (manually), it is this time improved because it was literally eating too much memory, especially if many tabs were open.
In addition, Google announces that it has fixed some 62 bugs for the launch of its Chrome v66 browser . The giant says it has paid some $ 34,000 to researchers for the discovery of bugs.
Microsoft Defender Browser Protection
Still for Google Chrome, rival Microsoft is putting online a free protection extension designed to protect users in real time against threats, phishing and malicious sites. According to Microsoft, the Defender Browser Protection features implemented in its Edge home browser would be able to block 99% of phishing attacks by NSS Lab, compared to 87% for Chrome; according to an article in Fortune magazine.
