The Download Helper program basically works like any other add-on which can be installed manually, through the Add/Remove Programs application, or by going to the Google Chrome web browser home page, and clicking the wrench icon which is close to the bottom right-hand corner of the screen. The program may not be associated with viruses but it has been known to install adware or spyware onto computers that are infected with these programs. The name of the download helper itself also gives some indication that this may be dangerous if you see 'Download Helper' as the name of a program on the start menu or if there's a part called' Download Manager' then you might want to run a virus scan on the computer before installing the Download Helper application. Some versions of the download helper program are detected by some paid antivirus scanners as possibly being a false-front website that is designed to steal personal information. It's a small browser add-on and it usually gets loaded onto web browsers automatically. Video DownloadHelper is a program for automatically downloading video files from the internet, using Windows Explorer.

Simple workaround: to install the extension for Edge from. You need to connect to your Google account, then confirm your age with a credit card or an identity card in order to download it. Post Scriptum: in the perpetual fight against video downloading programs, Google has now classified Video DownloadHelper extension for Google Chrome as an 'adult only' extension. You can now go to your 'Video DownloadHelper' extension, and in its options, check that the companion app is well installed.įinally, you can delete files '-1.6.3-1_' in your '~/Downloads/' directory and '' in your '~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/' one. '~/.var/app//config/chromium/' for Google Chrome.Ĭopy the '' file from your '~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/' to the subdirectory '/NativeMessagingHosts/' of your flatpak browser configuration directory. '~/.var/app//config/chromium/' for Chromium, '~/.var/app//config/chromium/' for Ungoogled-chromium, Your flatpak browser configuration directory is found in: (where '~' is a system shortcut for '/home/ username'). file '' in your '~/.config/google-chrome/NativeMessagingHosts/' directory. Code: Select all ~/Downloads$ tar xf -1.6.3-1_ -C ~

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