Popular Chrome extension "Save Image as Type" was hijacked, impacting over 1 million users

Google delisted the image conversion tool earlier this month, but not before it had likely been modifying thousands of users' ...

My most useful Chrome extension was stealing my data for years

An extension I used almost every day was bought by a new owner and loaded up with spyware. It happened in 2024, but Google ...

Microsoft banned this malicious extension — Google promoted it anyway

Google just disabled a popular extension (Save image as Type) and removed it from the Chrome web store because it contains ...

Popular Chrome extension disabled for containing malware

Do you use the Chrome extension "Save image as Type?" If so, you are one of more than one million users who woke up this morning to find out that Google has disabled the extension in your Chrome web ...
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Your favorite image-saving Chrome extension was scraping your data for cash

Seemingly out of nowhere, the “Save image as Type” Chrome extension was marked for removal, with Google warning users ...