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Google chrome ad blocker review2/16/2023 ![]() However, attackers appear to be getting better at luring in as many victims as possible. “It’s been a while since different ‘authors’ started spamming Chrome WebStore with lazy clones of popular ad blockers (with a few lines of their code on top of them),” wrote AdGuard. ![]() The company found four additional malicious ad blockers in the Chrome Store, called uBlock Plus (more than 8 million users), Adblock Pro (more than 2 million users), HD for YouTube (more than 400,000 users), and Webutation (more than 30,000 users). The browser will do whatever the command center server owner orders it to do,” AdGuard wrote in a blog post. “Basically, this is a botnet composed of browsers infected with the fake adblock extensions. So if your ad blocker suddenly vanishes in the next couple of days, this might be why. ![]() One of the extensions, called AdRemover for Google Chrome, had more than 10 million downloads by the time it was reported to Google by AdGuard. The Chrome extensions contain hidden code that feeds information about the sites you visit to their creators, and allows them to gain control of your browser. Five popular ad blockers that are used more than 20 million Google Chrome users have been found to be malicious.
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