You can never be too careful when downloading new software — whether that be an app or a browser extension — onto your computer. Case in point: when trying to download an ad blocker for their browser, a user ended up installing a fake extension that ‘broke’ their computer before offering up a malware-filled fix instead.
As reported by BleepingComputer, the browser extension in question is called NexShield. Despite being fake, it’s promoted as a privacy-first, high-performance and lightweight ad blocker. To make the extension appear legitimate, the cybercriminals who created it impersonated the original developer of uBlock Origin, Raymond Hill.
