Security researcher Aviv Raff says Google's new browser Chrome exposes users "malicious hacker attacks," because it allows users to launch executable files directly from the browser and without warning. Raff created a harmless demonstration to show how with successful bait, Google Chrome users could accidentally download and launch a Java archive file that goes on to execute without warning. Security experts call this trick "carpet-bombing." ZDNet's Ryan Narraine says the flaw exists because Google Chrome is actually built from the same software as Apple's Safari 3.1, which had the same vulnerability until Apple issued Safari version 3.1.2.

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