Fake Chrome extension 'breaks' your computer before it hits you with malware — how to stay safe

Chrome and Edge users are being targeted by a fake ad blocker extension that crashes their browsers and then infects their ...
AZ Central

How dangerous can browser extensions be to your computer?

QUESTION: Is there any reason to be concerned with Chrome extensions? ANSWER: One of the many reasons that Google’s Chrome browser has become the most popular browser in the world includes the ability ...
Lifehacker

You Need to Clean Up Your Chrome Extensions

Google’s adding some more security features to its Chrome browser, with the first changes rolling out to Windows users today. The update improves both Chrome and Google’s Chrome Cleanup Tool, which ...
Business Insider

How to see exactly which Google Chrome tabs, websites, and extensions are slowing down your computer

It's no secret that Google Chrome is often the culprit behind a slow computer, even if your computer is relatively new. Open enough tabs in Chrome and you can easily eat up all your RAM, which doesn't ...

Malicious GhostPoster browser extensions found with 840,000 installs

Another set of 17 malicious extensions linked to the GhostPoster campaign has been discovered in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge ...
Android

Seven Malicious Extensions Affected More Than 100k Computers

The security firm Radware has recently discovered seven malicious Chrome Extensions that steal Facebook and Instagram credentials of users and install cryptocurrency miners on infected devices. Among ...
Ars Technica

Malicious Chrome extensions infect 100,000-plus users, again

Criminals infected more than 100,000 computers with browser extensions that stole login credentials, surreptitiously mined cryptocurrencies, and engaged in click fraud. The malicious extensions were ...