View Remote Image almost added to extensions without permition

Krieger

Member
Just encountered a strange occurrence that seemed suspiciously like a hack attempt at my computer through Google Chrome extensions. I received an alert in the extensions tab saying "View Image Remotely was added to extensions remotely." Luckily, it gave me the option to remove the extension before officially installing onto my extensions on my end. Could this have been an attempt at a hack? Or just a glitch of some sort with extensions on Googles end? Has anyone else encountered something like this?
 

DMGrier

VIP Member
I doubt this to be a glitch as I have never seen that. It is possible for a website to try and side load an extension and I would assume this to have been some kind of hack attempt. I am glad to see you caught this and made an educated decision on this.
 

Darren

Moderator
Staff member
Yeah you definitely caught somebody trying to get in. Good catch. I'd do a thorough virus check with MBAM and AdwCleaner at the very least.
 
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