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A malicious ad-blocking extension on Chrome and Edge known as NexShield is using the ClickFix attack to infect devices with a ...

An ad blocker that was hosted on the Chrome Web Store falsely claimed its code was written by Raymond Hill. It was, in fact, ...

The attack consists of a NexShield malicious browser extension, a social engineering technique to crash the browser, and a ...

ClickFix variant CrashFix relies on a malicious Chrome extension to crash the browser and trick victims into installing the ...

John is a writer at Pocket-lint. He is passionate about all things technology, and is always keeping up with the latest smartphone and PC releases. John has previously written at MobileSyrup. When ...

Despite being a memory hog, Google Chrome is the go-to browser for many of us. While part of the reason for this is that it's highly compatible, easy to use, and offers stable performance, what draws ...

As a committed Mozilla Firefox user on desktop and Android, I consistently install several extensions on my devices. uBlock Origin has a firm place on this list. This beloved content-blocking ...

If you want to try a new web browser and have at least a modicum of tech savviness, Vivaldi is what I usually recommend. Vivaldi launched just over a decade ago with a focus squarely on power users.

If you enjoy DuckDuckGo for its privacy-first approach but find ads distracting, you may be wondering how to block or reduce them. While DuckDuckGo itself displays fewer ads than some other search ...

After installing uBlock via TestFlight on iOS, I encountered intermittent issues with GPS accuracy and automatic timezone/location detection. The issue has occurred on two different iPhones and is ...