Security News > 2020 > April > Another day, another Google cull: Chocolate Factory axes 49 malicious Chrome extensions from web store
Google has ousted 49 Chrome extensions from its Chrome Web Store because they contained malicious code, a ritual that should be familiar after a decade of purges.
Some of the extensions, he said, were supported by fake five-star reviews; some internet good samaritans also tried to warn others that the extensions were malicious.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment but the 49 extensions identified by MyCrypto and PhishFort are no longer available in the Chrome Web Store.
About two million people currently use extensions from the Chrome Web Store, according to a report earlier this month from Extension Monitor.
Chrome extension security has been an issue since before the Chrome Web Store launched in December 2010.
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