Accidentally Downloaded Suspicious Chrome Extension, Immediately uninstalled. Should I be concerned? What do I do?
(Repost, not sure why reddit filters removed it? Guessing maybe the image link)
Throwaway account as I am frankly embarrassed with myself. I apologize if this is not the correct sub, I don't quite know where to ask.
I do not often use chrome, and I am not very tech savvy, I was testing an extension that I usually use on firefox- tampermonkey. On the installation page, I mindlessly clicked on a suspicious download link, a browser extension called "Chrome safe search". Immediately realized my mistake and deleted the extension and did a virus scan, not seeing any obvious signs of anything wrong but I'm still freaking out a bit. Should I be worried? Is there anything I should do? This was a lapse of judgement/a case of me being very out of it, usually I am far more careful.
I can try to provide as much info as i can but the ad is gone and all i have is one screenshot
Posted Apr 29, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC