Chrome Users Installed a Fake AdBlock Plus Extension

Over 37,000 Chrome Users Installed a Fake AdBlock Plus Extension
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-37-000-chrome-users-installed-a-fake-adblock-plus-extension/

It might be worth starting a separate thread on this topic since so many users in this forum use Adblock Plus.

https://community.norton.com/en/comment/7665021#comment-7665021

https://threatpost.com/google-busy-removing-more-malicious-chrome-extensions-from-web-store/128435/

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/11/chrome-has-a-massive-copycat-extensions-problem/

Yup!! Just read about it on Neowin and MSN a bit ago. SAD!!! People will download just about anything these days without so much as checking out things. https://www.neowin.net/news/fraudulent-ad-blocking-extension-tricks-37000-google-chrome-users

Cheers