Fraudulent ad-blocking extension tricks 37,000 Google Chrome users

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Fraudulent ad-blocking extension tricks 37,000 Google Chrome users

A fraudulent extension that mimicked the popular Adblock Plus extension was allowed to be listed on the Chrome Web Store, tricking 37,000 users into downloading it before being removed. Read more...

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