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The extension was picked up by another developer and continued under the name ScriptBlock. [4] [5] The ScriptBlock chrome extension is blocked by chrome since February 15, 2018. Reason reported: "This extension violates the Chrome Web Store policy."
-Hackers have compromised several different companies' Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December, according to one of the victims and experts who have ...
On January 6, 2019, Opera banned the Tampermonkey extension from being installed through the Chrome Web Store, claiming it had been identified as malicious. [7] Later, Bleeping Computer was able to determine that a piece of adware called Gom Player would install the Chrome Web Store version of Tampermonkey and likely utilize the extension to facilitate the injection of ads or other malicious ...
As of June 2012, there were 750 million total installs of content hosted on Chrome Web Store. [5] Some extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. [6] [7] In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from Chrome Web Store after many users complained about unwanted pop-up ads. [8]
Some Google Chrome extension developers have sold their extensions to third-parties who then incorporated adware. [41] [42] In 2014, Google removed two such extensions from the Chrome Web Store after many users complained about unwanted pop-up ads. [43] The following year, Google acknowledged that about five percent of visits to its own ...
The extension supports Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. [3] Bypass Paywalls Clean was published on the Add-ons for Firefox website until a DMCA takedown notice was leveled against the Firefox extension in February 2023. [6] Due to a conflict with Google's rules, Bypass Paywalls Clean is not published on the Chrome Web Store. [3]
AdNauseam had 60,000 users at the time of the ban, and was the first ad blocking extension designed for desktop computers that was banned from the Chrome Web Store. [6] Users were initially able to bypass the ban by installing the extension in Google Chrome 's developer mode, [ 10 ] but Google subsequently marked AdNauseam as malware to prevent ...
On July 13, 2015, after four months of intense negotiation, Sean announced that due to difficulty meeting YouTube's API guidelines, the extension would be removed from the Chrome Web Store the following day. [7] The reason and the entire email conversation with the YouTube team was made public by the author through his extension app. [8]