The second category, uncommon downloads, covers downloads which may not be malicious or unwanted but that are simply not commonly downloaded. It is usually best to avoid this kind of software since it could (for example) collect your personal information without your consent and use techniques to make it difficult to uninstall. The first new category, potentially unwanted software, is meant to flag software that makes unexpected changes to your computer, as explained in the Google policy. Thanks to Google’s expansion of their Safe Browsing service, Firefox 48 now extends our existing protection to include two additional kinds of downloads: potentially unwanted software and uncommon downloads. Protection against malicious downloads was added in Firefox 31 on Windows and in Firefox 39 on Mac and Linux.
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