Users of Google’s Chrome browser will be able to “purge” rogue plug-ins, after attacks where a supposedly helpful browser add-on contains malware – a tactic adopted by cybercriminals, as reported by ESET Distinguished Researcher Aryeh Goretsky
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Chrome users will be able to employ an additional defense against such attacks, Google said, saying the feature has been added to block against attacks where malware is disguised as or bundled with “a free screensaver, a video plugin or – ironically, a supposed security update.”
