Mac hosts file not working for chrome12/13/2022 ![]() ![]() You can easily view/edit hosts file to make sure Google servers aren’t blocked. This actually happened to me while I was trying to block ads at host level but ended up adding some important websites, including Google. ![]() There is also a possibility some malware or you accidentally entered the Google server address in the hosts file of your Windows PC to prevent connection. I personally haven’t reached out to my ISP yet (bad customer support), so I guess you can give it a try. However, I doubt they will be able to fix it if they are purposefully blocking it. If this fixes the issue, then you can try talking to your ISP regarding this blocking. You can try any desktop free VPN or even Chrome VPN extension if one is already installed. For me, Hotspot Shield free version did a fine job. Any free VPN should work fine in solving this issue, you don’t need any paid VPN. You can try the same if your ISP is preventing the installation of Chrome extension or any other network issue is causing this then a VPN should fix it. So all I had to is start a VPN, refresh the page, and I was able to install the Chrome extension. ![]() However, a VPN hides my activity from my ISP, so their interference with the connection is also eliminated. For some reason, my ISP (Internet Service Provider) keeps messing with my connection to Google servers which prevents downloads of extensions. Use a VPNĪs unrelated as it sounds, this is the solution that actually fixed my problem the last 3 times. So today I decided to share all the solutions that have helped me in the past to fix Chrome extensions not installing issue in case other people are facing this issue as well. ![]()
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