Remove this extension from your Google Chrome browser now and quickly
The so-called browser extensions that we use in browsers like Google Chrome have become essential software elements. However, we must use these elements carefully, because they are not always what they seem in reality.
Surely many of you have already seen, on more than one occasion, that the misuse of add-ons negatively affects the operation of the browser. This is mainly due to the high resource consumption that some of these small programs carry out. But this is not the worst that can happen to us in this sense.
We can also encounter some important security flaws related to the extensions that we install in browsers like Chrome. And this is exactly what concerns us in these lines, as an element of these properties has been discovered that tracks everything you do on your computer and steals your personal data. Basically, this means that you should uninstall this extension as soon as possible.
Furthermore, another problem here is that we are referring to a fairly common add-on on many computers. It is responsible for helping us work with files in PDF format. Specifically, we are referring to the PDF Toolbox add-on, an add-on that has been discovered to be equipped to access an external server and collect data from the websites we visit from Google Chrome.
As you can imagine, this is a serious inconvenience for all those who value privacy and security when browsing online. The plugin allows us to perform basic functions with PDF files, but from now on we recommend looking for another, safer alternative that does not spy on you.
Moreover, the security expert who discovered all this secret behavior warns that it is not just an element that violates our privacy. At the same time, data such as our email or bank access credentials can be collected, all of which can be sent to external servers. What’s more, some data suggests that PDF Toolbox also helps insert malicious ads into the websites we visit from Chrome.