Nefarious Developer Buys up Abandoned Chrome Extensions and Injects Them With Adware

in cryptocurrency •  8 years ago 

"Google Chrome is one of the most popular internet browsers around the world. This application works on computers, phones, and tablets. Unfortunately, it is also often targeted by criminals looking to do harm to internet users. In a new effort, malicious developers are buying up abandoned Chrome extensions and turning them into adware projects."

Check out the full article here: https://themerkle.com/nefarious-developer-buys-up-abandoned-chrome-extensions-and-injects-them-with-adware/

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I am also using Google Chrome... sometimes I am skeptical of saving my password on it...

Omg this is too evil. What about the mozilla or internet explorer?

Solution: Get rid of extensions you don't use.

Advice I think I'll take myself... spring cleaning!

Once Brave gets a few more extensions I need, I'm outie from Chrome. Brave is blazing fast, just not as efficient as I need yet.

I THINK MY CHROME HAS SOMTHING WRONG IN IT.. EVERY TIME I LAUNCH... IT GETS STUCK..

Used to happen to my old laptop too, never figured out why, so i just used firefox instead