![]() ![]() "Legitimate developers just have to sit back and watch as Google smears them with fake extensions that steal their good name." "Google allows 37,000 Chrome users to be tricked with a fake extension by fraudulent developer who clones popular name and spams keywords," the expert said. Fake Extension Page Had Obvious IssuesĪs the researcher points out in a Twitter tirade aimed at Google's staff, the problem is that Google allowed another developer to upload an extension using the same name as AdBlock Plus, a very popular ad blocker for Chrome. ![]() Google has removed a malicious extension from its Chrome Web Store that posed as the popular AdBlock Plus ad blocker but forcibly opened new tabs to show ads to users.ĭiscovered by a security researcher going by the pseudonym of SwiftOnSecurity, the extension had over 37,000 users at the time it was taken down late last night. ![]()
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