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The user MaryLouMaloney noticed an unauthorized extension on her computer and questioned how it happened. After receiving advice to strengthen her passwords and noting that syncing Chrome across devices could automatically add extensions, she confirmed she disabled sync, uninstalled Chrome, and plans to reinstall it while keeping security in mind. The overall tone of the thread is informative and helpful as users suggest security measures and clarify how syncing may have caused the extension issue.

MaryLouMaloney

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I saw this on my computer today. I never authorized or installed this. How could have this happen?

I did remove the extention.

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I suggest you change your general access password to something strong: at least 10 characters, capital and small letters, numbers, and symbols (& @ ? etc.). You may also have to do this in email and other accounts, including browser accounts if you use them.

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I suggest you change your general access password to something strong: at least 10 characters, capital and small letters, numbers, and symbols (& @ ? etc.). You may also have to do this in email and other accounts, including browser accounts if you use them.
 

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MaryLouMaloney

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I changed the computer name, added a password, then added to sign using a PIN number.


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If you sign into multiple devices via Google Chrome and install an extension on one device it will be added automatically to all other devices.
 

MaryLouMaloney

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K. I did select the SYNC mode to enabled. I did uninstall Chrome between replying to your other reply and replying to you here now.

I will go ahead and reinstall Google Chrome. Them remember what you wrote here.


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