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Almost a dozen malicious extensions with 1.7 million downloads in Google’s Chrome Web Store could track users, steal browser activity, and redirect to potentially unsafe web addresses.

Most of the add-ons provide the advertised functionality and pose as legitimate tools like color pickers, VPNs, volume boosters, and emoji keyboards.

Users should check for the following add-ons in Chrome browser and remove them as soon as possible:

Color Picker, Eyedropper — Geco colorpick Emoji keyboard online — copy&paste your emoji Free Weather Forecast Video Speed Controller — Video manager Unlock Discord — VPN Proxy to Unblock Discord Anywhere Dark Theme — Dark Reader for Chrome Volume Max — Ultimate Sound Booster Unblock TikTok — Seamless Access with One-Click Proxy Unlock YouTube VPN Unlock TikTok Weather