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I need to input some hardware information in the text input on my web page. Of course it's not possible to get this information from javascript, so I put GET CODE link in the right side of the input which points to a small utility windows executable. This executable just copies hardware info to the clipboard and suggests to paste it to the input, but when I download it, chrome warns me saying the file is not commonly downloaded and can be dangerous. What can I do about this to make the process looks as much as possible safe?

Chrome warning

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  • Do you have a link to a working example? Does Chrome actually **prevent** you doing anything, or does it just **warn** you that the file might be unsafe? If it's just normal behaviour for .exe files I'm not sure anything can be done unfortunately. – Ian Clark Jun 24 '13 at 08:51
  • No, it doesn't prevent me from executing it, it just warns and the whole process looks unsafe to the potential user. – axe Jun 24 '13 at 08:52
  • It doesn't give the same warning for any setup application downloaded from internet. Probably it should be signed somehow? – axe Jun 24 '13 at 08:53
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    See http://stackoverflow.com/a/9727960/1773904 - have you tried adding your website to Google Webmasters? – Ian Clark Jun 24 '13 at 08:58
  • Thanks. I'll try it and reply as soon as I have an answer. – axe Jun 24 '13 at 09:31
  • I have the same problem. EXE is code signed, and website is registered with webmaster tools. Did you ever find a resolution? – steve cook Sep 10 '13 at 06:41

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