{"id":101303,"date":"2018-05-30T13:59:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=101303"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:27:51","slug":"beware-dangerous-chrome-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/beware-dangerous-chrome-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Look out for these dangerous Chrome extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chrome users beware. There are fake extensions in the Chrome store offering free movies that could cause you harm. If you see an extension offering films like Ready Player One or the Avengers, do not click on them.<\/strong> The promise of full access to HD and 4K versions are false.<\/p>\n

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Anybody falling for this trick will find themselves redirected to a site called Vioos.co. Vioos looks like a streaming page but clicking on any of the videos on offer will take the user to another website called Zumastar. Zumastar then prompts you to create a \u201cfree\u201d account that\u2019ll you access to unlimited free movies, but this is just a scam to steal your data and infect your PC with malware.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Another possibility is being taken from vioos to EtnaMedia.net, which is blocked by MalwareBytes. MalwareBytes took action against the domain to halt suspected fraudulent practices. Users who found themselves on EtnaMedia.net reported charges to their credit cards without their knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n

It is best to only download Chrome extensions from trusted developers<\/strong> and always think twice about clicking links.<\/p>\n

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Chrome users beware. There are fake extensions in the Chrome store offering free movies that could cause you harm. If you see an extension offering films like Ready Player One or the Avengers, do not click on them. The promise of full access to HD and 4K versions are false. Anybody falling for this trick … Continue reading “Look out for these dangerous Chrome extensions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[1031,1068,1045,1027],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-101303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","tag-browsers","tag-google","tag-google-chrome","tag-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327935,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101303\/revisions\/327935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101303"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=101303"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=101303"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=101303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}