Malicious Chrome extension is next to impossible to manually remove

  • 19 January 2018
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Extensions remain the Achilles heel for an otherwise highly secure browser.

 


 
Dan Goodin - 1/19/2018
 
Proving once again that Google Chrome extensions are the Achilles heel of what's arguably the Internet's most secure browser, a researcher has documented a malicious add-on that tricks users into installing it and then is nearly impossible for most to manually uninstall. It was available for download on Google servers until Wednesday, 19 days after it was privately reported to Google security officials, a researcher said.
 
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