Chrome Extension Hijacks Search Results While Filtering Trump from the Web

  • 20 July 2017
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July 20, 2017  By Lawrence Abrams
 
While doing my normal scan through various sites that are known to push unwanted programs, I ran across a new version of a Chrome extension family that hijacks searches done on Google and other search engines. In addition to hijacking searches, this new variant, called "Affirmativo - Keep Safe!", also removes web site content that contains the string "Trump". This behavior, though, is not indicated in the extension's description shown below.
 

 
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I'm Loving It! You can just hear Forest Trump grizzling and shouting about Fake Searches...to go along with his Fake News. LOL
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I'm Loving It! You can just hear Forest Trump grizzling and shouting about Fake Searches...to go along with his Fake News. LOL

Actually, Trump and his followers would probably love an extension like this. There isn't a whole lot of positive things being said about Trump anywhere, let alone the Internet. This allows them to bury their head in the sand AND peacefully surf the web simultaneously. 😛

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