freaking out, accidentally downloaded suspicious extension
throwaway because i'm frankly embarassed at myself
i rarely use chrome, i was testing something, and was downloading one of my usual extensions (tampermonkey), for whatever reason, i clicked on a suspicious download link for an extension called 'safe search' and didn't realize what i did as i'm very out of it. i immediately uninstalled the extension, it's only been a moment but i havent noticed anything suspicious, no strange files, and a quick scan of windows defender didn't show anything odd. still, im worried, has anyone heard of this? should I be concerned? i'm not very tech savvy but I usually know better than to click suspicious links, not sure what i was thinking
if this isn't the right sub, please direct me where to ask
Posted Apr 29, 2026, 6:56 AM UTC