Security researchers had publicly documented the network behind it in October 2024, and Microsoft removed the Edge version in February 2025, stating that it was "malware." Meanwhile, Google didn't remove the extension until March 2026, months after it had been running malicious code on over a million browsers.
Google kept featuring this Chrome extension for months after it turned malicious
https://www.xda-developers.com/google-featuring-chrome-extension-months-malicious/
4 Comments
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 140d
Maybe Google should consider protecting us from their Play and Chome stores before blocking 3rd party sources that actually vet their apps.
ms_lane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 140d
That's likely the next step, followed by removing all extensibility in the name of security (...of Google's profits)
icerunner_origin@startrek.website · 26 pts · 140d
Extension was 'Save Image as Type'
mimic_dev@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
Hero