How to disable "Download scanning protection" of new Chrome-17?
Within the blog post you linked to, there is a a link that explains how to disable the 'safe browsing' features.
Turn off phishing & malware warnings
The following steps will turn of phishing and malware warnings, as well as download warnings.
- In the top-right corner of the browser window, click the Chrome menu Chrome menu.
- Select Settings.
- Click Show advanced settings.
- Under "Privacy," uncheck the box "Protect you and your device from dangerous sites"
2019-Jan:
Advanced > Privacy and security > Safe Browsing
2020-Jun:
Privacy and security > More > Safe Browsing
You could turn it back on after you download what you know is safe.
An additional option is available. If you've downloaded a file and Chrome has blocked it, and you'd like to keep the file without disabling malware and phishing protection altogether, you can keep the file like so:
Download the file and let Chrome "block" it. If you are directed to a "site ahead contains harmful programs" page, click "details" then "visit the site".
After chrome displays the warning message in the download bar, click "show all downloads", or choose "downloads" from the menu, or press "ctrl+j" (on Windows at least).
The file will be in the download list. Click "recover malicious file". Then it will get that file.
This way you can keep your security settings but still make a decision about an individual file, which is generally the safer way to go instead of disabling the protection completely just for one or two files.
Here is a fix. Go to the icon that has 3 horizontal lines in the top right corner, right under the X -> go to stting near the bottom -> scroll down and click "show advanced setting" -> under the privacy section, uncheck the 5th box that says "enable fishing and malware protection"