Beware of Fake Internet Download Manager Chrome Extension!

Download manager program Internet Download Manager (IDM), It has been used by users for many years to download things from the Internet. Now, the emerging information shows that an extension that has been on the Chrome Web Store since 2019 and uses the name of this program is dangerous for your computer.

As it is known, IDM is a very famous and secure service in internet environments. However, observations made by BleepingComputer show that the name ‘Internet Download Manager’ a fake extension proved to be at risk.

Fake Internet Download Manager has more than 200,000 users

The report reported that the extension exhibits undesirable behavior and contains adware. Users can use this extension called ‘Internet Download Manager’. It opens links to spam sites, changes the default search engine, generates pop-ups asking for unwanted applications to be downloaded. faced with such risky situations.

After that, it turned out that the extension imitated the Internet Download Manager we know. real IDM, Tonec It’s a program that belongs to the company named . In addition, Tonec offers users an extension of IDM for Firefox and Chrome. However, the name of this extension is different from the one mentioned. ‘IDM Integration Module’. So you see, someone is putting people at risk by imitating this famous program.

As a result of the reviews, the fake extension claims to increase your download speed by 500%.Puupnewsapp’ It was seen that it was operated by a site called Tonec and it turned out that it had nothing to do with Tonec. We can say that it is interesting that the extension remained in Chrome for such a long time, and that it is used by more than 200,000 people is quite worrying.

Tonec also confirmed that such extensions are fake and warned users to stay away from them. Bleeping Computer also reported to Google expressed. After that, it was seen that the extension could not be reached from the store. If you are one of those who downloaded this fake program, we recommend that you delete it immediately and be more careful about such things in the future.