--- title: Google Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions... description: Google is developing a Chrome security feature to block policy-installed extensions from hijacking the New Tab page or changing the default search engine on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-chrome-may-soon-block-new-tab-hijacker-extensions-by-default-f9dyqmo2r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions by default | daily.dev og:description: Google is developing a Chrome security feature to block policy-installed extensions from hijacking the New Tab page or changing the default search engine on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-chrome-may-soon-block-new-tab-hijacker-extensions-by-default-f9dyqmo2r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/f9dYqMo2R.png og:image:alt: Google Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions by default og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google Chrome may soon block New Tab hijacker extensions by default **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google is developing a Chrome security feature to block policy-installed extensions from hijacking the New Tab page or changing the default search engine on unmanaged consumer devices. Malware has been abusing Chrome's enterprise policy mechanism to force-install extensions that redirect searches or replace the New Tab page, sometimes displaying a misleading 'Managed by your organization' message. The proposed feature, enabled via the kBlockDseNtpOverrideExtensionsOnUnmanagedDevices flag, would cancel such installations, save blocked extension IDs, and prevent repeated install attempts. It would also stop manually installed extensions from being converted into locked policy-controlled ones, and auto-uninstall hijacker extensions if a device loses its trusted management status. Legitimate enterprise admins would retain an escape-hatch policy. The changes are still under Chromium Gerrit review and not yet in stable Chrome. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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