So while removing a single malicious extension works if your goal is to keep the rest of you browser extensions active, that isn’t our goal today. The same shady websites and bad browsing habits that led to the browser filling up with malicious extensions will just cause it to fill up again. If you want to really lock down your web browser (or, more likely, the browser of a friend or relative plagued by malicious browser extensions) it isn’t sufficient to simply disable and remove existing browser extensions. RELATED: How to Uninstall Extensions in Chrome, Firefox, and Other Browsers How to Permanently Disable Extensions, Browser-by-Browser Doing so simply leaves a giant door open for everything from stealthy tracking extensions to spy on them or malware extensions to pop up and scam them with fake tech support. For everyone else, however, there’s no good reason to leave their browser’s extension system active when they’re not even using it.
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