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NewTube Chrome Extension

Posted: June 18, 2018

The NewTube Chrome Extension is classified as a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) whose installation is likely to bring undesired changes to your Web browser's behavior. This is not a harmful application and having it on your computer is not an immediate problem certainly. However, using the NewTube Chrome Extension will not bring you any positive features, and it is more likely that it will bother you by forcing you to use an alternative web browser configuration.

Currently, the NewTube Chrome Extension can be downloaded from its official page at Newtube.life, as well as from the Chrome Store where we can learn a bit more about this add-on's behavior. Its installation can only begin if the user allows it to:

  • Read and change all your data on the website you visit.
  • Replace the page you see when opening a new tab.
  • Read and change your bookmarks.

The extension requests other permissions as well, but the three listed above are the ones that are likely to cause trouble. While the changes that NewTube Chrome Extension's installation will bring will not be unsafe, they can certainly turn out to be rather annoying.

If you have installed NewTube Chrome Extension and you are not satisfied with what it has to offer, then we suggest that you take care of its removal either manually or with a suitable PC security utility immediately.

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