I keep seeing a safari extension being added without me being asked. I know I can delete this but I would like to prevent it happening.
Safari seems to close when this first happens and sometimes takes several times to reopen it which sort of alerts me to the problem. The extension mentions being able to read credit card and passwords etc so is a worry.
I'm using the latest Monterey OS.
I would first check Safari > Preferences > Websites and look at the Downloads sub-section to see if there are any websites showing up there which are set to "Allow" that shouldn't be. Likewise for the Autoplay and Extensions sub-sections under Websites.
When getting rid of your unwanted extensions, I presume you are going to Safari > Preferences > Extensions and doing an uninstall from there? If so, they just come back on their own? Notice any trigger for the reinstall? Visiting a particular website, for instance?
May be worthwhile to let MalwareBytes do a scan if this extension truly keeps coming back on its own.
Hi headinthesand,
I would likewise be worried.
1) Once installed, what is the name of the extension?
2) What triggers the install? Visiting a particular site maybe?
Thanks for replying, there's been several, these are the ones left in my bin:
AdvancedServices
SelectorComponent
ProductionElements
ProductArchive
AboutDynamic
Thanks. I've installed that and it found a few items that I've deleted. I'll see what happens over the next few days.
Safari extensions being added without permission
