Chrome Stable Channel Update

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4718-google-chrome-for-windows.html

Rules.

 

The TechSpot writeup for 41.0.2272.89, looks an awful lot like the 41.0.2272.76 update info. I'd say they are identical.

 

Includes Flash Player 17.0.0.134

 

Yep, you're reason, so maybe it's just a minor release.

Rules.

 

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 41 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 41.0.2272.101 contains a number of fixes and improvements, including:

• A number of new apps/extension APIs.
• Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance.

 

41 hit the stable channel a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for the .101 upgrade heads up, though.

 

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

 

My Chrome version (Windows) is 41.0.2272.118 m (64-bit). I don't recall updating it today.

 

Thanks, anon. Got it!

 

Thanks for the heads up on the 41.0.2272.118 m update.

 

This update includes 4 security fixes. Below, we highlight fixes that were contributed by external researchers. Please see the Chromium security page for more information.

• [$29633.7][469058] Critical CVE-2015-1233: A special thanks to Anonymous for a combination of V8, Gamepad and IPC bugs that can lead to remote code execution outside of the sandbox.
• [468936] High CVE-2015-1234: Buffer overflow via race condition in GPU. Credit to lokihardt working with Pwn2Own and HP’s Zero Day Initiative.

 

Yeah annoying right Have you checked if you have a "google update" or whatever it is called (I don't remember exactly) that starts with the OS ? When I tested Chrome a couple years ago I disable it so it wouldn't start with the OS and that prevented chrome from auto updating. Or maybe Google have implemented a setting into the browser by now that let's you disable auto update ?

 

I thought I'd disabled auto-update on Chrome, although to be honest, it saves me manually updating. I am normally in Maxthon on Windows and use Chrome rarely.

 

So you're not worried about any "bork" browser update from Google . I have Firefox set to "never update" since I want to do it manually incase I read reports from users experiencing problems, like with the latest firefox 37.0, but I had already updated when I read about the crashes that some experienced, luckily the crashes did not affect me. But if I would have known I would have waited a while longer before I updated to 37.0.

 

Yeah, borking of browsers can be a worry lol. A while back when Firefox upgraded to version #3 it borked on me, which has always made me a tad wary of upgrades ever since. Usually it's an extension problem, although I only have WOT, uBlock and Clearly on Chrome. I think if I used Chrome a lot on Windows I might be more circumspect of auto-updates. Usually the Chromium updates on Linux are later than the Chrome ones and they are usually optional.

 

Another reason why I prefer to update manually is that I don't like when programs auto-update in the background when I am in the middle of something and the software tells me it updated and needs to restart. I actually have all my software set to manual or "never check for updates" except for my security softwares. That way I am in charge of the updates and update when I want to. Auto-updates of softwares to newer versions have caused too much trouble through the years which is why I like the manual way better. Just wait till more companies starts doing what MS does and you may change your mind (but hopefully MS will improve and no one else will follow their "bork" path )

And this was a small issue when I used Chrome since I didn't know how to stop it from auto-updating at first, until I figured it out.

 

I tend to agree, especially on Windows computers. I usually update most things manually, including Java. The only thing that became a bit of a rigmarole was manually updating MSE signatures, which stopped when I moved to Panda. On Windows I always have back-up browsers anyway. I have SeaMonkey if Firefox borks in an update and Maxthon (default) and Chrome x64. It would be rare for all four of them to bork simultaneously.

 

Google Chrome 42.0.2311.90
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

 

Curious to check if the fixed the WebRTC leak.

 

Yes, sort of. See here: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/thre...r-local-ip-address.372835/page-2#post-2481546
Confirmed working. But you have to manually get it done.

 

Great!!! Done and it works! Thanks much.

 

Thanks, anon!

I see that this update is a major one, having 45 security fixes.
In addition, I see that the fixes and improvements include...

• A number of new apps, extension and Web Platform APIs (including the Push API!)
• Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance
• The answer to life, the universe and everything

I'm particularly enthused about that last item.