Unfortunately and due to the abuse made by some websites, the tools to block advertising have become more than usual for many users. These types of services, which generally come in an extension format, are available for all browsers. Adblock Plus is one of the best known, not only for its operation, but also for the idea it launched a little over a year ago to create a web whitelist where advertising would be displayed. To be able to pass, the website had to go through checkout, since otherwise it would continue to be blocked, so the premise of this innovative extension remained in between.
Recently a new extension called Adblock Plus, developed according to it by Adblock Plus, has arrived on the Web Chrome Store, the extension store for the Chrome browser. This extension that has been downloaded more than 40.000 times has nothing to do with the official extension, also of the same name, but that if it has been developed by the adblockplus.org team, the official and genuine Adblock.
Android has been criticized many times as a breeding ground for malware and that Google does nothing to prevent it. But after seeing this case, we also realize that the guys from Mountain View also pass olympically to control any type of extension or application that reaches the Chrome extensions store.
Unfortunately It is not the first and it will not be the last time that a similar case occurs if Google does not get the batteries and controls a little more the issue of extensions and applications for the most used browser in the world. Google places a lot of emphasis on the security of its platform, but it seems that the topic of extensions, one of the biggest security risks for any browser, does not get the same attention from Googe.