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In a major cleanup effort, Google removed 32 malicious extensions from the Chrome Web Store. In a major cleanup effort, Google has taken swift action by removing 32 malicious extensions from the Chrome Web Store, which collectively had a staggering download count of 75 million.

So far I discovered 18 malicious extensions with 55 million users in total. Most popular ones are: Autoskip for Youtube, Crystal Ad block and Brisk VPN. They have been active for two years, undetected by Google.