Although Google Chrome extensions often provide convenience, malicious ones are never in short supply. These extensions, which are difficult to detect as they do not reveal themselves, can access your browsing history and even redirect you to a fake website, even without your permission. Today, an independent cybersecurity researcher has shared 18 malicious extensions that you should immediately remove.
Remove these malicious Google Chrome extensions right away!
According to information shared by independent cybersecurity researcher Wladimir Palant, these extensions contain Trojan horses and inject a JavaScript code into web pages. This allows them to redirect you to a fake website and meticulously record everything you type on your keyboard. According to Palant, they can even perform more dangerous actions.
The shared list by the cybersecurity expert includes popular extensions used by millions of people such as PDF Toolbox, Crystal Ad Block, Easy Undo Closed Tabs, and Base Image Downloader.
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The names of the malicious extensions that you should remove immediately are as follows:
- PDF Toolbox
- Autoskip for YouTube
- Crystal Ad Block
- Brisk VPN
- Clipboard Helper
- Maxi Refresher
- Quick Translation
- Easyview Reader view
- Zoom Plus
- Base Image Downloader
- Clickish fun cursors
- Maximum Color Changer for Youtube
- Readl Reader mode
- Image download center
- Font Customizer
- Easy Undo Closed Tabs
- OneCleaner
- Repeat button
The cybersecurity expert mentioned that they inspected the source code of PDF Toolbox after it requested access to Chrome tabs and discovered that it was malicious. They then noticed that other extensions attempted to acquire data using the same method. Additionally, they found 1,000 more extensions that operate under the same algorithm but did not disclose them.
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