Google Chrome. A very serious problem that affects millions of people and computers around the world shows us how careful we must be when using the browser launched by Google. More precisely, the biggest problem lies with ad block extensions, which do exactly the opposite of the functionality they should have, Google Chrome being the target of hackers due to the fact that it is used by many people.
Google Chrome. According to a company specialized in computer security, extensions of this kind contain malware that infects their computers right from the moment of installation by users. Although after installation the extensions did exactly what they were supposed to do, a few tens of hours from that point, they started displaying affiliate links in the pages loaded through Google Chrome by users, and when they bought something, their developers received money .
Google Chrome. BEWARE! THE PROBLEM for MILLIONS of People
Google Chrome. The practice is very widespread, even among the most popular extensions of this kind, some of them being considered safe by users in many areas around the globe. In reality, they were introducing malicious content into websites accessed by users through Google Chrome, all without the end users knowing what was happening, and the findings were sent to Google for analysis.
“The company then discovered that after being installed for about 55 hours, these extensions started sending a request to urldata.net for every domain they visited. This allowed the extensions to receive affiliate links from the sites users visited and if they made a purchase while visiting them, the extension owner would be paid a commission from those sites.”
Google Chrome. Without having a clear figure, the IT security company from which today's revelations come says that the developers of these extensions earn millions of dollars a month with their practices. It is interesting that although it would be in Google's favor to remove these extensions for Google Chrome from its store, especially since they are malicious, for now the company has not made any decision in this regard.
Google Chrome. Having said that, be extremely careful about what kind of extensions you install in your browsers because some are extremely bad for daily use.
