Fake Chrome extension 'breaks' your computer before it hits you with malware — how to stay safe

Chrome and Edge users are being targeted by a fake ad blocker extension that crashes their browsers and then infects their ...
Bleeping Computer

Remove the DownloadProtect Adware Extension

DownloadProtect s is a Chrome adware extension that injects advertisements into web sites that you are visiting. This extension is force installed into Chrome by adware that configures Chrome group ...
Business Insider

How to see exactly which Google Chrome tabs, websites, and extensions are slowing down your computer

It's no secret that Google Chrome is often the culprit behind a slow computer, even if your computer is relatively new. Open enough tabs in Chrome and you can easily eat up all your RAM, which doesn't ...
Lifehacker

You Need to Clean Up Your Chrome Extensions

Google’s adding some more security features to its Chrome browser, with the first changes rolling out to Windows users today. The update improves both Chrome and Google’s Chrome Cleanup Tool, which ...
AZ Central

How dangerous can browser extensions be to your computer?

QUESTION: Is there any reason to be concerned with Chrome extensions? ANSWER: One of the many reasons that Google’s Chrome browser has become the most popular browser in the world includes the ability ...
Computer Weekly

Researchers discover malicious Chrome extensions

Nearly 90 malicious Google Chrome extensions have been discovered in the official Chrome store that can inject into visited websites, ads, cryptocurrency mining code, and code to record browsing ...