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To see if you have the real Chrome extension, make sure it's from and that it's listed as an extension in the store, not an app. In a blog post (Opens in a new window), the real Adblock Plus said it was glad the fake extension was pulled down, but added "It's a bit troubling, of course, that it made it in there in the first place." "There's no way their Chrome team is happy with this extension vetting/moderation situation," tweeted (Opens in a new window) SwiftOnSecurity. Google has since removed the malicious extension, but the incident raises questions over how the company will prevent similar add-ons from infiltrating the online store.

It also came from developer that went by the title Adblock Plus. For some reason, the fake extension was allowed to list itself as "AdBlock Plus," the only difference being the capital B in the name. The phony extension might easily fool users hoping to download the real Adblock Plus browser extension (Opens in a new window), which is also hosted on the official Chrome Web Store.

SwiftOnSecurity Octo(Opens in a new window) Google allows 37,000 Chrome users to be tricked with a fake extension by fraudulent developer who clones popular name and spams keywords. The problem came to light when SwiftOnSecurity tweeted (Opens in a new window) about it on Tuesday. Ironically, the fake extension appeared to be serving users invasive online ads when it was supposed to be blocking them. A phony one pretending to be from Adblock Plus recently managed to sneak into the Google Chrome Web Store and attract over 37,000 users.