Browser plugins are software components that enhance the functionality of web browsers by adding features like toolbars and content display. They can spread through deceptive vendors, untrusted downloads, and potentially unwanted programs. Adobe Flash Player is a legitimate example, while Boggles.co is a malicious plugin that records user activities without permission.

1. What are Browser Plugins?
Browser plugins (also plug-ins, add-ons) are software components
which increase functionality of the web browser by adding extra
features to the browser. Browser plugins can add extra toolbars,
search assistants and display additional content that the browser was
not originally intended to display. It is a third party collection that can
be implanted into a web browser.

2. How Browser Plugins Spread?
● Deceived by a few
malevolent plugin vendors
by claiming and projecting
their product to be more
useful and user-friendly.
● With freeware programs,
downloaded program from
untrusted website on the
internet.
● Through PUP (potentially
unwanted programs) that
promote third party plugins.

3. Adobe Flash Player: It is a freeware plugin for browsers and
labeled as shockwave flash in Internet Explorer and Firefox. It is
a legitimate browser plugin which provides users’ facility for
viewing multimedia, streaming video and audio.
Boggles.co: It is a malicious browser plugin. It pretends to be a
legitimate plugin but it records users’ activities on the internet
and personal information. It updates automatically without
users’ permission.

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