Users also complain that these extensions interfere with their online experience and redirect them to other sites. The detected malware allows extensions to download additional malware to the user’s computer, can redirect victims’ traffic to advertising or phishing sites, steal personal data (for example, birth dates, email addresses) and information about active devices.Ĭonsidering the number of downloads of these extensions in app stores, approximately 3,000,000 people could be affected worldwide. All of these extensions were associated with popular platforms: for the Google Chrome browser it was Video Downloader for Facebook, Vimeo Video Downloader, Instagram Story Downloader, VK Unblock, and on the list of specialists are several extensions for the Microsoft Edge browser.
Experts from the antivirus software manufacturer Avast have discovered malware that was hidden in at least 28 dangerous third-party extensions for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
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