Google removes Chrome "Save Image as Type" add-on
Google removed the Chrome "Save Image as Type" add-on after finding that it contained hidden malware.
Web browser add-ons or extensions often help to enhance the web browser's functionality more than just the default function, making it very popular, but as a result, many hackers are trying to use this point to release malware like this news.
According to a report by the Android website, Headlines mentioned that Google has removed a popular add-on, "Save Image as Type," an add-on that solves the problem of downloading images from websites. Today, it usually uses files in the form of Webp, which is a space-saving image file. It allows websites to download quickly, but often cannot be opened with multiple photo readers. It can be saved as a photo file in the desired format, making it so popular that it has more than 1 million downloads. But in detail, Google found that it contains code that contains This malware behavior was removed from the Chrome Web Store.
Google has said that releasing malware through this add-on is a bait-and-switch method. By releasing add-ons that can actually work for a while, and then shuffling the owner. This add-on has shuffled the owner from "Image4Tools" to "Lauren Bridge" in about 2024 - 2025, after shuffling the owner, it has been detected.
The malware behavior of the add-on is not to steal data like malware passwords, but to focus on the fraud of the affiliate commission. An independent analyst posted on the Reddit web board a thread saying that a hidden frame has been found that secretly loads an Ecommerce website like Amazon or BestBuy in the background to insert the commission code or affiliate code, allowing the owner of the add-on to receive commission fees every time the user commands the website to delete the add-on by Google at the time. Later,
For any reader who has installed it, the source recommends removing the add-on for security purposes and switching to other replacement add-ons, such as "Save Image As PNG," which saves image files as PNG, or the "Save Image Converter" add-on that has the ability to convert file images as needed by the user instead of such add-on.
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