Google recently purged some 200 extensions from its Chrome Store inventory. Extensions and add-ons let users add functions and features to the Chrome Web browser, but bad extensions can expose users to a greater risk of spyware and malware. A major problem with many browser add-ons is ad injectors. The clean-up resulted from an extensive search for embedded code that violates Google’s policies, triggered by increasing user complaints. Google has been studying add-on security risks with a team at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Chrome Web Store Gives Bad Extensions the Boot
Posted by: Jack M. Germain April 10, 2015 05:00 AMGoogle recently purged some 200 extensions from its Chrome Store inventory. Extensions and add-ons let users add functions and features to the Chrome Web browser, but bad extensions can expose users to a greater risk of spyware and malware. A major problem with many browser add-ons is ad injectors. The clean-up resulted from an extensive search for embedded code that violates Google’s policies, triggered by increasing user complaints. Google has been studying add-on security risks with a team at the University of California, Berkeley.