Popular Google Chrome Extension Caught Mining Cryptocurrency, Removed From Web Store

Google has taken down the Archive Poster extension from Google Chrome because of user backlash around this extension deploying an in-browser cryptocurrency miner without the knowledge of its users. The extension had over 100,000 users before it was taken down by Google. A 'safe' variant is, although, still available.

As we mentioned, the Chrome extension Archive Poster had been caught deploying an in-browser cryptocurrency miner unknowingly to its users in the past few updates. Reportedly, this extension did not ask for permission to utilise CPU power to mine Monero coins. Last month, Loapi Trojan had been spotted by Kaspersky mining the same cryptocurrency on Android phones. Archive Poster has been previously described as a plugin that acts as a mod for Tumblr, allowing users to repost, draft, like posts from another blog's archive.