64-bit Chrome released

Earlier, we wrote that the developers of Google Chrome web browser have released a long-awaited version of the browser with native support for 64-bit versions of Windows 7-8-8.1. Now this version has been released and is available for download on the Google Chrome download page (the English version of Google Chrome). The web browser download page contains a special link with the text “Windows 64-bit”, which leads to downloading the installer of the new version. As we wrote earlier, this version of Chrome introduces additional security mitigations to counter the exploit, in particular, support for the robust ASLR mechanism introduced in Windows 8. The browser also reworked memory management mechanisms, the so-called. Partition Alloc , which introduces an additional level of security when working with objects in the memory of the virtual address space of browser tabs.



It is worth noting that despite the fact that the 64-bit version of Chrome was released, it is, in fact, not yet the main browser version for 64-bit Windows 7-8-8.1 (it remains the 32-bit version). This is obvious, because to download it, the user needs to follow an additional link on the site (so-called opt-in version). Also in the new version of Chrome will be no support for 32-bit NPAPI browser plug-ins.
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At this point, you can click on the new “Windows 64-bit” link on the chrome download page. The 32-bit NPAPI plugin support . The 32-bit plugins until the NPAPI is removed from Chrome.

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