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> I'm surprised we haven't seen similar behaviour from Chrome extensions The "Window Resizer" Chrome extension got a silent update a few weeks ago. It rewrote
by dangrossman 13y ago
> I'm surprised we haven't seen similar behaviour from Chrome extensions
The "Window Resizer" Chrome extension got a silent update a few weeks ago. It rewrote all the links on Google search result pages to point to a proxy that added affiliate links where possible.
- peregrine 13y agoOver the holiday I did usual, fix/clean my grandmother's computer. She's been using chrome because I explained to her how much safer it is. I did a google search and realized something wasn't right. Uninstalled all the crapware apps that wormed their way in. And then I looked at the chrome extensions and low and behold there it was, more crapware. I removed them and they re-added themselves. I had to run spybox s&d to remove it completely. Moral of the story: chrome extensions are in some ways worse than toolbars.
- dminor 13y agoI had an extension that did that as well. I reported it to Amazon and left a 1 star review warning other users.