Nano Adblocker + Nano Defender now malware - if you use either extension, remove them now.

[V_R]

Not sure if anyone here uses them or not. I used Nano defender as an anti-anti adblocker. Been sold to some dodgy lot that have turned them into malware. Remove them at once. This only affects Chrome, not the Firefox extension.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Adblock/comments/jc447f

Time to remove Nano Adblocker and Defender from your browsers (except Firefox) - gHacks Tech News

You should remove Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender from your Chromium-based browsers immediately. Find out why here!

www.ghacks.net

 

[Ian]

Thanks for the heads up, I don't use these myself, but that's some nasty bait and switch!

 

[V_R]

Yeah its pretty low. Looks like it was only targeting Instagram via a session hijack. I checked mine and I'd liked a load of random ****. I've taken the necessary precautions.

 

[V_R]

Here's a great write of the situation and what happened.

Help for Users Impacted by Infected Extensions | tweedge's blog

If 'User-Agent Switcher', 'Nano Adblocker', or 'Nano Defender' sound familiar to you, I might have some bad news. A malware operator I am investigating has e...

chris.partridge.tech

 

[andrewdw22]

that really funny in some kind of way that the app that should protect you became a malware itself