Fake Adblock Plus plugin downloaded over 37,000 times since September

A popular plugin was recently cloned and downloaded more than 37,000 before people caught on. Over 1,400 counterfeit versions of the extension have been reported over the past two years, across all browsers. Adblock claims only 900 of these have been removed. Adblock, maker of the web’s most popular ad-blocking plugin, declared that the imitation was detected and reported to Google on September 14, but was only taken down on October 6. The company took its own precautions to raise awareness of the problem, publishing an explainer on its blog. The post explains that many counterfeit versions are apps, and…

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