Security concern: extension infected / data breach... ✅ Everything is fine!

[gaiking-uk]

Your question

You are likely reading this after hearing that 35+ extensions were recently hijacked (Jan 2025) and malicious code was inserted to steal cookie info from extension users, and it seemed like this extension was one of the 35+ infected...

Sources:

• ThisJoe YouTube video
• arsTECHNICA Article [credit: OneOfMany07]

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Confusion between extensions

• Hearing that " VidHelper - Video Download Helper " was infected, may have concerned you that this extension was infected, and so you / your data may have been at risk
• However, the prefix VidHelper is key here, as this is the specific name of a completely different extension
• I saw a similar discussion was raised on this topic (The Chrome add-on was the only version that went (possibly) malicious, right? #1594) and so wanted to post this to clarify and aid anyone else with this concern

[gaiking-uk]

✅ Everything is fine. You do not need to do anything

✅ This extension is NOT one of the 35+ compromised extensions

To confirm:

• This extension is: Video DownloadHelper
• The affected extension is: VidHelper - Video Download Helper