Ember Relax Background Extension

The Ember Relax Background Extension from Freerealapp[.]cool was uploaded to the Chrome Web Store at hxxps://chrome.google[.]com/webstore/detail/ember-relax-background/pngdgaokcpddbbpdbhofcabpamgmpihk. The application was removed shortly after it was published through the store because of complaints from users. The Ember Relax Background extension was promoted to provide Web surfers with a custom background for their new tab page and show a customizable animation. The presentation of Ember Relax Background on the Chrome Web Store reads:

'Instantly drop into the world of particles. This is a cosmic background where you could control color, speed, and size of elements are flowing at the screen.'

The person who wrote the description for the Ember Relax Background extension appears to have questionable English skills at best, and the extension developers managed to achieve 5,686 installations before the application was removed from Chrome.google[.]com. PC users who have installed the Ember Relax Background extension have reported unrequested new tabs appearing in the background, pop-up windows and receiving browser notifications from unfamiliar sites. Computer security researchers found that the people behind the free Ember Relax Background extension incorporated several monetization models in their product and earned considerate revenue potentially. The Ember Relax Background application was used to push notifications to users from advertisers and load new tabs with promotional materials. The Ember Relax Background extension is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that you may want to skip on installing. The Ember Relax Background may display unverified advertisements and show links to compromised pages. PC users are advised to remove riskware like 'Ember Relax Background' and clean their browser with a credible cybersecurity suite.