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Using Browser Extensions to Translate or Download Videos? Better Check for These 17 Malicious Add-Ons

  • Will Mccurdy--PCMag.com
  • published date: 2026-01-25 13:39:55 UTC

The most popular malicious extension, dubbed Google Translate in Right Click, was downloaded more than 500,000 times from app stores. Another, Translate Selected Text with Google, racked up almost 160,000 downloads. If you’ve been using browser extensions to …

If youve been using browser extensions to download YouTube videos or images from Pinterest, translate text in real time, check Amazon price histories, or even enhance colors, you might have some unin… [+2606 chars]