Tagged: Chrome Security

AVG Web TuneUp for Chrome : Worst Browser Extension Ever

AVG Web TuneUp is one of the most useless browser extensions. It tracks user’s browsing activities and changes several critical settings.

Google Starts Manually Reviewing Chrome Extension and Apps

Google Chrome team has started reviewing all extension and apps hosted on the Chrome Web Store.

Chrome To Get Profile Lock Feature

Chrome team is experimenting with a new feature which allows users to lock their browser profiles and restrict access to their browsing data.

Chrome Extension Stealing Bitcoins

Chrome extension “Cryptsy Dogecoin Live Ticker” is stealing users’ Bitcoins by changing Bitcoin wallet address.

Chrome fails to check SSL certificate revocation on Android

Chrome on Android fails to check for certificate revocation completely, and connects users to a possibly malicious resource instead of the original and trusted resource.

Set Chrome To Check For Certificate Revocation

This is very surprising that Google Chrome browser doesn’t check for SSL certificate revocation by default. This setting is turned off by default, and users need to turn on it manually from the Chrome’s Settings page.