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Well, that wasn't fun. Last week, Ars Technica ran a report about 33 Chrome extensions that have been found to have malware. And yeah, yesterday I found that I had one of them installed.

They can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store, which functions like the Play Store but for extensions. However, extensions are easier to mimic and turn into malicious software compared to apps.

The malicious extension, available as version 24.10.4, was available for 31 hours, from December 25 at 1:32 AM UTC to Dec 26 at 2:50 AM UTC. Chrome browsers actively running Cyberhaven during that ...

In the same way that malicious apps can end up on your phone, your browser and by extension, your computer can be infected after installing a risky extension in Chrome. Likewise, even legitimate ...

A newly devised "polymorphic" attack allows malicious Chrome extensions to morph into other browser extensions, including password managers, crypto wallets, and banking apps, to steal sensitive ...

Some of the most popular Chrome extensions have been spying on users and stealing data. Find out which ones to delete and how ...

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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.