Google has since removed these extensions from the Chrome Web Store and since they’re malware, they should be automatically disabled as well. But they’re likely still lingering on your PC.

Security researchers have uncovered dozens of malicious Chrome and Edge extensions secretly tracking users’ online activity ...

A massive spyware campaign called "RedDirection" turned 18 popular browser extensions into surveillance tools, exposing over 2.3 million users-check your Chrome and Edge extensions now.

Security researchers have discovered 11 malicious Google Chrome extensions that have collectively been downloaded over 1.7 million times. These extensions, available on the Chrome Web Store, are ...

These extensions, distributed through various channels, but also found on the Google Chrome Web Store, were able to steal sensitive user information, as well as receive further commands to execute.

Chrome extensions enhance your web browsing experience when needed, but you don't always want them to be active. Google Chrome is many people's default web browser, offering customizability with ...

Google announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a server-side list -- all without sharing your ...

Google Chrome users have been warned to delete 16 “malicious” browser extensions that could lead to a security threat and “fraud” at the hands of a prolific “threat actor.” ...

As noted by uBlock Origin’s Raymond Hill on X (formerly Twitter), Google Chrome has begun disabling and suggesting the removal of extensions that are not updated for Manifest V3, as of Oct. 14 ...

Google Chrome will be shutting down its older, more capable extension system, Manifest V2, in favor of exclusively using the more limited Manifest V3. The deeply controversial Manifest V3 system ...