Security researchers had publicly documented the network behind it in October 2024, and Microsoft removed the Edge version in February 2025, stating that it was “malware.” Meanwhile, Google didn’t remove the extension until March 2026, months after it had been running malicious code on over a million browsers.

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    11 hours ago

    That’s likely the next step, followed by removing all extensibility in the name of security (…of Google’s profits)