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If you downloaded, before November 2020, any of the extensions listed above from the Edge add-on store it’s recommended that you remove them.Starting in January 2023, the current Target VEC Helper extension will stop working in Google Chrome because Google won’t allow extensions using Manifest V2.

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These extensions were loading ads onto websites that users visited, earning money for the hackers and slowing down web browsing for users.Įxtensions that tried to pass off as legitimate add-ons consisted of:Įdge extensions that had been compromised with malicious code were: Last month Microsoft said it had removed 18 Edge browser extensions that harboured malicious code or tried to pass off as official extensions. It’s clear they have also turned their attention to the fledgling Microsoft Edge browser extensions store. If you have installed any of these extensions it’s recommended that you delete them.īrowser extensions containing malicious code are a persistent problem and when they steal personal data such as passwords, email addresses and even payment card details are a serious problem indeed.Ĭybercrime groups have certainly been active for some time with Chrome and Firefox browser extensions by develop malicious browser add-ons that pose as the real thing. The Edge browser extensions which are said to contain malicious code are:

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The malicious extensions for the Chrome browser are said to be: Many of the extensions have become popular with tens of thousands of downloads often by posing as browser add-ons for downloading multimedia content for various social media platforms. It’s not known whether the Chrome and Edge extensions were created with malicious code or whether the code was injected via updates when the extensions reached a certain level of popularity.

If there is any good news it’s that despite the potential for the loss of personal data the extensions have chiefly been used to hijack user traffic and redirect it to other websites. Code has been discovered in these browser extensions that could redirect users to ads and phishing sites, gather personal data and browsing history and download malware onto a user’s device.Īpparently, some of the extensions have been active since the end of 2018. Over three million people are believed to have downloaded 15 Chrome and 13 Edge malicious extensions onto their browsers.