{"id":20541,"date":"2020-12-20T12:40:16","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T17:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=20541"},"modified":"2020-12-20T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T17:40:16","slug":"if-youre-using-any-of-these-browser-extensions-remove-them-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/if-youre-using-any-of-these-browser-extensions-remove-them-now\/","title":{"rendered":"If You&#8217;re Using Any of These Browser Extensions &#8211; Remove Them Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;\">If You&#8217;re Using Any of These Browser Extensions &#8211; Remove Them Now<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Extensions and add-ons are a great way to extend the capabilities of your favorite browser, however, they also provide an easy vector for cybercriminals and other miscreants to threaten the security of your PC and monitor and profit from your private online activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A popular security firm said this week that it has identified malicious software hidden in at least twenty-eight third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions. These extensions have been installed by over three million users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The company warned users that if these malicious extensions are installed, they could potentially redirect users to phishing sites, which could lead to personal data being stolen &#8212; including the user\u2019s birth date, email addresses, and device information, including first sign-in time, last login time, name of the device, operating system, browsers used, and IP addresses which be used to approximate the geographical location history of the user.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is a great time to remind you to use caution installing an extension for your browser and to always make sure you have good, up-to-date antivirus software installed. And it&#8217;s an <\/span><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">excellent time for you to review all your browser extensions and to remove the ones you don&#8217;t recognize as well as those you rarely use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Here is the list of the malicious browser extensions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Note: These extensions are for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. They work with popular online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, and Vimeo, and supposedly &#8220;help&#8221; users download videos and other content from those sites. If you have any of these extensions installed, remove them immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Direct Message for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Direct Message for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">DM for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Invisible mode for Instagram Direct Message<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Downloader for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Instagram Download Video &amp; Image<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">App Phone for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">App Phone for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stories for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Universal Video Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Universal Video Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Video Downloader for Facebook<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Video Downloader for Facebook<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vimeo Video Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vimeo Video Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Volume Controller<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Zoomer for Instagram and Facebook<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">VK UnBlock. Works fast.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Odnoklassniki UnBlock. Works quickly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Upload photo to Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Spotify Music Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Stories for Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Upload photo to Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pretty Kitty, The Cat Pet<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Video Downloader for YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">SoundCloud Music Downloader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The New York Times News<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Instagram App with Direct Message DM<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; If You&#8217;re Using Any of These Browser Extensions &#8211; Remove Them Now Extensions and add-ons are a great way to extend the capabilities of your favorite browser, however, they also provide an easy vector for cybercriminals and other miscreants to threaten the security of your PC and monitor and profit from your private online activities. 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