Possible malware Edge extension masquerading as Session Buddy

[bhu vidya]

I feel so embarrassed to admit this but I think I have installed a dodgy extension to my MS Edge browser (mac). I twigged when I saw a suspicious looking DOM element in inspect mode today, and turned off all extensions, then re-enabled until I found the extension doing it.

The link to this extension on the Edge add-on store is:

https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/session-buddy-bookmarks/gigpockfcfpncfmckhodefaecpmabmkd

I have started looking at the JS code and it looks suss. So is it true that this is not a sanctioned Edge port of the Session Buddy chrome extension? I have reported it to Microsoft as possibly dodgy, and I sent an email to Session Buddy via the contact page. But I thought it should go on this forum as well.

[Session Buddy Support]

Unfortunately that is a copycat extension. I have not published a version of Session Buddy to the Edge Store yet (although I plan to). In the meantime, you should be able to install SB on Edge directly from the Chrome Web Store.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/session-buddy/edacconmaakjimmfgnblocblbcdcpbko

Thanks for posting it here and reporting it to MS. I'll work with MS to get it removed. Unfortunately this type of thing happens kind of regularly.

Hans

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