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Enable any settings that can prevent download of unwanted and/or malicious software

  • March 5, 2026
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From a security finding our Infosec team has task us with finding a way to “Enable any settings that can prevent download of unwanted and/or malicious software”.   has anyone been able to prevent downloading in Safari and Chrome? 

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Chubs
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  • Jamf Heroes
  • March 5, 2026

Remove admin/elevation rights.  Done.

In a nutshell, you can stop downloads inside of chrome by denying it using a policy...I can’t remember the plist right off hand but it’s here in CEC:

 


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  • Contributor
  • March 5, 2026

Doesn’t prevent the download but can prevent the execution.