A researcher has uncovered five malicious ad-blocker extensions on the Chrome Web Store that were installed by 20 million Chrome users before Google removed them. The bogus ad blockers were discovered ...

Popular extensions like uBlock Origin, which are based on the Manifest V2 framework, will encounter compatibility problems with Chrome’s transition to Manifest V3. Google Chrome is prompting users to ...

‘AdBlock’ and ‘uBlock’ impersonate legitimate extensions but instead engage in cookie stuffing to defraud affiliate marketing programs, a researcher has found. Google has removed two malicious ad ...

Just like other browsers, Chrome is prone to annoying ads or pop-up windows – many of the ads are actually from Google, placed through its advertising networks. If you want to get more work done with ...

This includes uBlock’s own uBlock Origin Lite, which uses Manifest V3 and has received positive reviews on the Chrome Web Store. Still, the ad blocker’s developer Raymond Hill has said the Lite ...

A Chrome extension posing as an Amazon ad blocker was caught hijacking affiliate links in the background, redirecting commissions without user consent.