{"id":505026,"date":"2023-08-23T07:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T05:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=505026"},"modified":"2023-08-23T07:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T05:40:45","slug":"google-chrome-will-warn-users-about-malicious-browser-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/505026-google-chrome-will-warn-users-about-malicious-browser-extensions.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome will warn users about malicious browser extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google will start warning users about potentially dangerous extensions they have installed on its Chrome browser, the company announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.chrome.com\/blog\/extension-safety-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>recent blog post<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From Chrome version 117, Google will actively highlight when an installed extension is no longer in the Chrome Web Store through its Safety check feature.<\/p>\n<p>This might happen for one of three reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The extension has been unpublished by the developer.<\/li>\n<li>The extension has been taken down for violating Chrome Web Store policy.<\/li>\n<li>The item was marked as malware.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Developer relations engineer for Chrome Extensions, Oliver Dunk, said the change was designed to keep the ecosystem safe for users while limiting the chances that it would impact genuine extensions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If an issue is resolved, the notification is automatically cleared,&#8221; Dunk said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The notification will not be displayed for an extension when the developer has been notified of a possible violation and has been given time to address the issue or appeal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To see if an installed extension has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, users must navigate to their Chrome Settings page, select &#8220;Privacy and security&#8221;, and view the &#8220;Safety check&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-505032\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Google-Chrome-Safety-Check-extensions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Google-Chrome-Safety-Check-extensions.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Google-Chrome-Safety-Check-extensions-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Google-Chrome-Safety-Check-extensions-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Google-Chrome-Safety-Check-extensions-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If extensions were removed from the Chrome Web Store, users will be given the option to &#8220;Review&#8221; them.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking on this will take them to their extensions page and provide a choice to either remove the extension or hide the warning if they wish to keep it installed.<\/p>\n<p>Extensions marked as malware will automatically be disabled.<\/p>\n<p>The screenshot below shows the status of extensions removed from the Chrome Web Store in Chrome 117.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-505034\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chrome-Extensions-safety-check.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chrome-Extensions-safety-check.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chrome-Extensions-safety-check-600x333.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chrome-Extensions-safety-check-800x444.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Chrome-Extensions-safety-check-768x426.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/504868-dstv-twitter-account-promotes-crypto-scam.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">DStv Twitter account promotes crypto scam<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malicious browser extensions can allow attackers to deploy malware, steal personal information including login details and passwords, and inject their own code for a wider system compromise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":451374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1567,167,26682,8197],"class_list":["post-505026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-chrome","tag-google","tag-internet-browsers","tag-online-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505126,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505026\/revisions\/505126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}