This will show you a list of all the extensions that are installed on your browser - you can remove any you don’t remember installing yourself. You can do this by clicking on the three dots menu in Chrome, heading to More tools and clicking on Extensions. Instead, it’s up to you to remove it from your computer. However, in this case, the malicious extension is actually a local extension, which means the search giant has no control over it. When malicious extensions accidentally end up on the Chrome Web Store, they’re quickly taken down by Google. It does this by giving itself sensitive browser permissions, allowing it to take over a browser’s default search bar.Īlthough it may appear like nothing has changed from an end user’s perspective, the malicious extension can collect all sorts of sensitive information including what you search for along with any passwords entered in your browser.
Once downloaded onto a user’s system, the malware installs a malicious extension that’s used to hijack the user's browser.
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