Upon launching Google Chrome a little pop up dialogue box appears in the top right hand corner of the browser which states:
Confirm Changes
The extension "Chrome Security Component" has been added.
It gives me the options to press OK or Details (I have not pressed OK), but upon pressing Details a new tab opens with my Chrome extensions.
There is an extension called Chrome Security Component 1.0 with a tick enabled to the right.
The writing immediately below its name says:
Critical Security Update for Firefox
There are 2 little boxes:
- Allow incognito
- Allow access to URLs
Neither boxes are ticked.
To my knowledge I have not downloaded this extension from Chrome Web Store and would like advice?
Has anyone else come across this, it doesn't sound right especially the bit about it being a critical security update for Firefox!
Can Google Chrome add extensions automatically if they are for security reasons?
(This is also something that has appeared very recently in the last few times of launching Chrome, that's why I am sure I didn't download it as an extension)
Best Answer
The extension is not available the Chrome web store, and looking at the generic Chrome plugin icon, along with the lack of presence in the webstore makes me believe that this is definitely not legit.
You should be able to check the Extension source code from
%localappdata%\Google Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\kfejhbidgehdoaglokpfddkmiepmhcckfolder and examine what it does.I have seen external apps install extensions for Chrome(example would be Norton 360 which installs it's useless Protect extension) but this is definitely not from Mozilla.