Edited Chrome Extension - Chrome Thinks It Is Malware

Edited Chrome Extension - chrome thinks it is malware

Turns out that I had to make a copy of the extension to an external directory, then delete the existing one.

From there, I followed the instructions here: https://superuser.com/questions/247651/how-does-one-install-an-extension-for-chrome-browser-from-the-local-file-system.

Text for the lazy:

Navigate to chrome://extensions.

Expand the developer dropdown menu and
click "Load Unpacked Extension".

Navigate to local folder. Assuming
there are no errors, the extension should load into your browser.

editing chrome extensions problem with corrupted files

id field in the manifest.json belongs to a verified extension and browsers check installation against that in their database against possible corruption by any means.

your edit will be seen as corruption even if you change the update URL because of this id.

make a copy of the extension folder. find it in browser's own extensions folder. check internet for where that location be.
remove extension from browser
now edit codes for your needs
edit manifest.json and remove app specific things like this id. some may have hash values etc.
enable developer mode in the browser and install from the folder you used. by "install" I mean browser use that folder. it will not copy content into browser's extensions folder. so keep it in somewhere like ~/myextensions, or c:\workspace\myextensions

also check for a _metadata folder and the content inside. there might be related identifiers you need to remove in there.

Google Chrome extension malware?

Agreed that is classic malware behavior. Also check add-remove programs for anything not fully trusted or needed.

Try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free and Hitmanpro to check and confirm you are clean. Also here is a Really detailed malware removal guide.

uBlock Origin (or uBlock) are the currently popular Blocker recommendations. Ad-Block and derivatives accepts money to white list companies including Microsoft to allow non-intrusive popups.

Chrome says my website contains malware?

Chrome warnings will be based on black-lists which record where malware has been found in a site or domain, this isn't a live "scan" and does not necessarily mean that malware is on that page or at that specific time. It is not clear from your question if you've created a new folder and index.html and you are also seeing a malware warning when browsing to that URL, or if you've replaced your site content with an empty folder and index.html and that warning is still showing. Once you have taken the steps to disinfect the site then you can request a review which should help remove the warning http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=163633.

The malware warning should be taken seriously even if you are confident in your own site content as crackers use automatic toolkits to find vulnerabilities in websites and inject code into them to infect visitors, as these kits are largely automatic there isn't the protection in obscurity you might otherwise assume.

If you've not been able to find and fix the issue Chrome is warning about, you owe it to your visitors- and your own reputation- to take the site content down until you can resolve the problem.

Chrome bug, got malware or did I did I break it?

Apparently some extensions in Google Chrome, includying old and obsolete ones, have been hacked. If you are having the problem stated in the OP, please follow these steps and add the extension that causes the trouble to the list.

Known extensions that have been hacked:

Inkognito Tab Switch 2.2
Incognito Switcher
Join Tabs
Web RSS Subscriber

Steps to find out the rotten extensions:

Disable all your extensions. Options->Settings->Extensions
Enable the first one. Open a webpage where you have had the same problem, and check if it happens now.
If it happens, add that extension to the list. If it doesn't happen, disable that extension and repeat for the next extension.

google chrome consider your site as malware

Google is using the database of this organization for malware reports.

http://www.stopbadware.org/home/reportsearch

Check if you're in there - if you are, go to google webmaster tools and there you should be able to request a revalidation.

http://www.stopbadware.org/home/reviewinfo

Edited Chrome Extension - Chrome Thinks It Is Malware