Tell HN: Google says “AdBlock for YouTube” contains malware

[serial_dev]

When I logged in this morning, I saw that Google Chrome now classifies one of the extensions I have installed, "AdBlock for YouTube", as malware: an info box now says "This extension contains malware." I didn't find any official info on the decision, and very little chatter online.

Only thing I found is this screenshot here on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/16hy2of/the_extension_adblock_for_youtube_has_now/

The decision might be related to some cheeky / deceptive fake YouTube Premium modal banner? https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1601py2/why_is_youtube_forcing_this/

[L0in]

Use ublock origin. I'm certain that a) it's not a malware if you download it from the official source and b) it's very powerful.

Either your extension is indeed malicious or YouTube started playing dirty.

[HonestMist4ke]

Makes me wonder, there might not even be an malicious software with the extension. Google just wants us to look for ads so it boots the extension from the store. Even with it disabled, I haven't had any ads in YT yet, so I hope something, somewhere is still blocking them lol. Not gonna remove it from the extensions, hoping it somewhat still working in the background, while Chrome disabled it already. My adblocker of choice is AdGuard, wonder if it does something with YT or not.

[jlpcsl]

Sure, who still even believes Google, the masters of creating spyware and malware software. Best to stop listening to them and stay as far away from the junk as possible.

[fckgw]

Extensions like this get hijacked all the time. It's malicious and Google did you a favor; uninstall it and get uBlock or something more well-known.

[KomoD]

Don't install some random extension, use uBlock origin