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'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension' Pop-Ups

By GoldSparrow in Adware

Often, while browsing the Internet, we may be targeted by different advertisements, which promote applications claiming to have all sorts of useful functions. While some, admittedly, could be helpful, a significantly large number of those are not honest about their purposes and usefulness entirely. The propagation of such software is usually carried out via fake advertisements. One of these numerous shady ads is the 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension' Pop-Up. The name is derived from the message you would get if you happen to be in this ad's target range. In a somewhat transparent attempt at social engineering, this ad would fire up a red pop-up window with the words 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension.' This is designed to create a sense of anxiety and urgency to the user so that they'd consider downloading the software that the ad is offering them. However, the ad is fraudulent, and one should keep in mind that such pop-up windows cannot possibly give you any real information about the condition of your system and if they claim they are, chances are it's an outright lie.

While the software offered by the 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension' will not do anything to improve your privacy, what it's likely to do is alter your browser settings without your knowledge. Furthermore, the unknown extension could present you with search results that would promote similar shady software, instead of the most relevant and optimal search results available. If the user downloads and installs the applications offered by the 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension,' the creators of this suspicious application would cash in pay-per-click revenue.

Despite all its flaws, the 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension,' at least, isn't promoting threats. Google's security measures wouldn't allow a threatening application to enter their Chrome Store. Nonetheless, we strongly recommend you ignore the 'Important! Your Browser(Chrome 65) Is Missing A Privacy Extension' since following its advice is likely only to harm your browsing experience.

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