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Spammers buy Google Chrome extensions and turn them into adware

2014-01-21 14:15:17| InfoWorld: Top News

Changes in Google Chrome extension ownership can expose thousands of users to aggressive advertising and possibly other threats, two extension developers have recently discovered. At least two Chrome extensions recently sold by their original developers were updated to inject ads and affiliate links into legitimate websites opened in users' browsers.

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