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		jackmaney on Feb 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox I had the exact same reaction. Why would an extension automatically open multiple tabs? That sounds pretty malware-ish.

Domenic_S on Feb 13, 2015 | [–]

Happens all the time. "Ghostery is updated!" "Thanks for updating RES!" "More update tabs opening up!"

emodendroket on Feb 13, 2015 | [–]

I remember one or two extensions I liked started injecting ads into pages with updates, which led me to uninstall them but would probably go unnoticed by a lot of users.

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