New Delhi: Malicious extensions in Google chrome: If you have to do some search, then it first uses Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge. But using Google Chrome and Microsoft can prove dangerous for you. Actually, there are some extensions on both these platforms, which use it to pose a risk of hacking. 28 such extensions have been identified by security research firm Avast, which can lead to dangerous hacking. In such a situation, users remove these dangerous 28 extensions from their laptops or computers, otherwise they can be a victim of hacking.
3 million people become victims of hacking
Let us tell you that with the help of these add-on extensions, users like to download things like photos, videos from platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, which are third party extensions. With the help of this third party extension, the important information of the user is stolen, due to which the hacking incident is carried out. According to Avast’s report, due to the extension of Chrome, Microsoft Edge, more than 3 million people around the world have become victims of hacking.
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Every activity of the user is monitored
According to the report by security research firm Avast, with the help of some third party extensions, every activity of Google Chrome and Microsoft user keeps track of which website the user is visiting and which links are opening. According to Avast, such third-party extensions steal the user’s personal data, such as date of birth, email ID, and issue of the device and then lead to hacking. Its hackers hijack the URL with the help of these extensions.
Monetization
Users can be shifted to the wrong website with the help of third party extensions of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Meaning extensions intentionally lead the user to the wrong website, instead of which they are paid to the hackers. Meaning if the user is searching the website of a college, then it is taken to the dating platform. In this way important information of the user is stolen, which causes the events like backing fraud.
These dangerous extensions exist for many years
According to Avast, the company has informed Google and Microsoft about this, but these alleged malware extensions are still available on the Chrome Web Store and Microsoft Add on Portal. The Avast Threat Intelligence team claims that these dangerous third party extensions have been present on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers for many years. But nobody is paying attention to them.
These are dangerous extensions
- Direct Message for Instagram
- Direct Message for Instagram ™
- DM for Instagram
- Invisible mode for Instagram Direct Message
- Downloader for Instagram
- Instagram Download Video & Image
- App Phone for Instagram
- App Phone for Instagram
- Stories for Instagram
- Universal Video Downloader
- Universal Video Downloader
- Video Downloader for FaceBook ™
- Video Downloader for FaceBook ™
- Vimeo ™ Video Downloader
- Vimeo ™ Video Downloader
- Volume Controller
- Zoomer for Instagram and FaceBook
- VK UnBlock. Works fast.
- Odnoklassniki UnBlock. Works quickly
- Upload photo to Instagram ™
- Spotify Music Downloader
- Stories for Instagram
- Upload photo to Instagram ™
- Pretty Kitty, The Cat Pet
- Video Downloader for YouTube
- SoundCloud Music Downloader
- The New York Times News
- Instagram App with Direct Message DM
