Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions block removal to hijack browsers

January 22nd,  2018  By Robert Abel
 
Malicious Chrome and Firefox extensions that block their removal in order to hijack a user's browser to drive clicks up on YouTube videos and hijack searchers are automatically infecting user devices.
 
The extensions direct users away from pages that would allow the user to disable or delete them either by closing out pages with extensions/add-ons info, or sending users to a different page, such as an apps overview page, where extensions aren't listed, according to a Jan. 18 Malwarebytes blog post.
 
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