AVG’s official description of the extension says it will “warn you of unsafe search results.”īack in December, Google-employed security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered that the extension adds a large number of new JavaScript APIs to Chrome when it’s installed and that “many of the APIs are broken.” Aside from exposing your entire browsing history to any website you visit, the extension offered many security holes for websites to easily execute arbitrary code on any computer with the extension installed. According to the Chrome Web Store, it has nearly 10 million users. “AVG Web TuneUP” is installed when you install AVG antivirus. RELATED: Beware: Free Antivirus Isn't Really Free Anymore If you think you found a bug, please report it at crbug.Example 1: AVG Web TuneUP Broke Chrome’s Security If you see a spammer, troll, or shill commenter, please use the report option and/or message the mods. Posting tip: check the new queue for your submission after posting. Posting the same links multiple times, or posting them as comments on posts that have nothing to do with your extension is considered spamming, and you will be banned for such actions. We welcome you to post links to any Chrome extensions that you have created, within reason. If you are unable to abide by this simple request, or if your only submissions are to the same sites over and over, or to your personal site(s), you will be banned.
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