News broke recently that a fake version of the Adblock Plus browser extension had made its way into the Chrome Web store. It is thought that 37,000 people installed the phony version, and now Adblock Plus — the real one — has responded to the news.
News broke recently that a fake version of the Adblock Plus browser extension had made its way into the Chrome Web store. It is thought that 37,000 people installed the phony version, and now Adblock Plus — the real one — has responded to the news.
While acknowledging that the fake extension was removed from the store fairly quickly, Adblock Plus questions how it got there in the first place. It also provides instructions for anyone who is concerned that they may have a malicious version of the extension installed.
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If you’ve had Adblock Plus installed for a while, there’s no need to be concerned as the fake version was a recent addition to the Chrome Web Store. Ben Williams from Adblock Plus says: « Apparently there was a phony Adblock Plus app in the Chrome Web Store that 37,000 people downloaded. Thanks to @SwiftOnSecurity for alerting people to this. Now it seems Google has kicked out the phony app. »
He goes on to say:
He also details how to check that you’re working with the genuine article:
To eliminate all doubt, however, you can always remove whatever version of Adblock Plus you currently have installed, and then grab the official version from the Adblock Plus website .
