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At least 20 Million Chrome users have installed malicious Ad Blockers from Chrome store

  • 20 April 2018
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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April 20, 2018  By Pierluigi Paganini
 

A security researcher has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 million users.

 
The security researcher Andrey Meshkov, co-founder of Adguard, has discovered five malicious Ad Blockers extensions in the Google Chrome Store that had been installed by at least by 20 million users.
 
The fake Ad blockers are
 
  • AdRemover for Google Chrome™ (10 million+ users)
  • uBlock Plus (8 million+ users)
  • [Fake] Adblock Pro (2 million+ users)
  • HD for YouTube™ (400,000+ users)
  • Webutation (30,000+ users)
 
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ProTruckDriver
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It's a shame they don't look into these apps before putting them in their stores. The App Store at Apple is no different. :(
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Adguard blog:
https://blog.adguard.com/en/over-20-000-000-of-chrome-users-are-victims-of-fake-ad-blockers/
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ProTruckDriver
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I believe I'm safe. Running AdGuard on Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Love it! :D
Late 2015 ~ 5K ~ 27 inch iMac ~ macOS Catalina 10.15.7 ~ Clone & Backup with: SuperDuper - Time Machine & iCloud. PWM: RoboForm.  "An Apple a Day, Keeps Microsoft Away." 
Baldrick
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To be frank, anyone with half a brain and some patience would be safe...it is not difficult really...but most people are so 'clicky clicky' that they do not take care as to what they do...and the miscreants take advantage of precisely that. :(
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