The battle for web browser supremacy appears to have taken another serious turn following a new move from Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft’s browser has long been engaged in a struggle for top spot alongside competitors such as Google Chrome and Mozilla’s Firefox.
But as spotted by Techdows, anyone trying to download the installer software to get Firefox on their device will be blocked by Edge itself.
Edge vs Firefox
The site reported a number of users seeing a warning pop-up appear when downloading the Firefox installer using Edge.
“Firefox Installer.exe was blocked because it could harm your device,” the warning read, with users only able to click through to see more details rather than continue the download.
Techdows says that all versions of the Firefox Installer, including release, beta, dev, and nightly, appear to be affected, with multiple Reddit threads detailing download issues.
Some users were able to download and install Firefox using Edge after disabling Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, a program which monitors downloaded files and checks them against known threats.
For this reason,…
