Recent incident: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/-particle-chrome-extension-sold-to-new-dev-who-immediately-turns-it-into-adware/ Such trickery has been going on for years. Google changed its policy back in 2014 so that extensions could only be ‘single purpose’ but that hasn’t stopped it. Reality is, although Chrome does prompt the user to accept new permissions if a previously innocuous extension has been updated to introduce advertising functionality, […]
Not only is it impossible for the typical user to disable or change the software update settings for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, the most recent SILENT update of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC also installed an Adobe Acrobat extension to Google Chrome without notice or consent. To add insult the injury, the extension’s option to “Allow […]
Cite: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/thats-not-download-youre-looking-for.html