Impossible to download anything "Virus scan failed"

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Version 1.77.85 Chromium: 134.0.6998.118 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Windows 10

Every time I try to download something with Brave I get a message “Virus scan failed” and the file is not saved in my computer.

  • I tried disabling my antivirus (kaspersky), does not help
  • In Brave settings I tried setting “No protection” (in Security), does not help
    Any suggestions?

Alternatively, how can I perform a complete clean reinstall of Brave include all user preferences etc?

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The same is happening to me, but it’s happening in Edge as well.
I’m using Brave version v1.77.100 and Sophos Home.

I don’t know when this started, but I noticed it yesterday and now can’t download anything at all.

I have tried downloading a file in Firefox and have had success, I assume it’s a Chromium issue?

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Likely a Chromium issue, yes. Can you confirm that you have the Safe browsing feature enabled in Brave?

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Same problem started for me today. Anyone discover a cause or solution?

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In my case my VPN did not exit correctly with a service component still running. Closing that using task manager fixed the issue.

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I had the same issue. I found this a few months back and it worked for me>>>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OWvSlphyQ&pp=ygURdmlydXMgc2NhbiBmYWlsZWQ%3D<<< I apologize for having the wrong link. This one should work

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The registry edit mentioned in the YT video is described at:

Information about the Attachment Manager in Microsoft Windows

No example URL was given to a web site where the file download failed. The file would get a tag showing it was retrieved from the Internet zone. Maybe the site was pointing to an .exe file instead of a .zip file containing the .exe file.

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