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On Reddit, it is alleged that the extension 'contains tracking code that could try and grab your passwords.' Though we have yet to find an official source to explicitly confirm that, those changes sound like they could possibly be used for it. Notably, the last few releases to the Chrome Web Store contained changes not published to the project's GitHub, including some tracking analytics and sketchy scripts. However, the project changed hands back in early January, and the new developers have reportedly been engaging in some suspicious behavior with a few changes made to the app in October.

The extension was open source, and nothing at the project's GitHub indicates changes in the last few months.

We can't confirm the reason for the takedown, but it's curious. It was quite popular among those trying to trim down Chrome's memory footprint, especially for RAM-limited Chromebooks or older and slower computers. The extension is also being remotely disabled on customer's devices, with a warning that it is 'dangerous' and 'may contain malware.' Reportedly, this is because of some sketchy changes that happened when the extension traded hands last year, including tracking code discovered in the extension.įor those who are unfamiliar, The Great Suspender was an open-source Chrome extension that automatically suspends open tabs that haven't been used for a while. The popular Chrome extension The Great Suspender has been itself suspended from Google's Chrome Web Store.

Malwarebytes google chrome extension reddit