Don't trust these extensions

@allknowing (130195)
India
October 18, 2015 6:35pm CST
One would think because they are Chrome extensions we are protected. I was wrong. I had talked about some words getting underlined and changed to capital letters in an earlier post as also Ads appearing at odd places. I had brought this to the notice of @myLotBugs. On their recommendation I set my Chrome settings to default and all is well now. I could never have imagined Chrome Extensions having hidden motives. .
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
It is good that you posted about its negative aspect . Thanks to you .
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130195)
• India
19 Oct 15
We download blindly thinking that Chrome is above all this. But there are programmes hidden in them.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130195)
• India
19 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD I went by the recommendation of @myLotBugs to reset my chrome settings.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
19 Oct 15
@allknowing That's bad because they're deceptive .
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suziecat7
@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
19 Oct 15
Thanks for letting us know. I'll be careful to avoid them.
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Morning Girl
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Oct 15
Thanks a lot for that warning, I surely will take precaution.
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
24 Oct 15
can you explain the steps to me?
Judy Story
@jstory07 (134727)
• Roseburg, Oregon
18 Oct 15
That is great that you got it fixed.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Oct 15
I haven't seen anything like this for a long time, but it happened to me a couple of years ago and it took days before I realised what the cause was. I can't remember where I got the extension from now.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130195)
• India
19 Oct 15
One should be careful where you get those extensions from
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