Google has removed a malicious extension from its Chrome Web Store that posed as the popular AdBlock Plus ad blocker but forcibly opened new tabs to show ads to users. The extension had over 37,000 users at the time it was taken down late last night. It was discovered by a security researcher going by the pseudonym of SwiftOnSecurity. The researcher points out in a Twitter tirade aimed at Google’s staff that Google allowed another developer to upload an extension using the same name as AdBlock plus, a very popular ad blocker.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-37-000-chrome-users-installed-a-fake-adblock-plus-extension/