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The WeTab & Infinity team released a statement clarifying that the Clean Master Chrome version was sold long ago, and the malicious updates are unrelated to the original team. WeTab and Infinity are independently operated with no backdoors found.
Summary: Recently, a security report linked well-known browser extensions like Clean Master, WeTab, and Infinity to malicious activities, causing concern among users. The development team has released a detailed statement clarifying that the Clean Master Chrome version was sold long ago, and the malicious updates are unrelated to the original team. WeTab and Infinity are independently operated, and no backdoors have been found. The team is actively cooperating with platforms to restore the listings.
Recently, a report released by a foreign security company caused quite a stir in the tech community. The report pointed out that several browser extensions, including Clean Master, WeTab, and Infinity, might be involved in long-term malicious activities. In response to this allegation, the WeTab/Infinity team quickly issued an official statement to clarify the situation in detail.
One of the core focuses of this controversy is the veteran cleaning tool Clean Master.
According to the official statement, Clean Master was indeed originally developed by the team. However, due to business adjustments, its Chrome version and related account control rights were sold to a third party in their entirety. The team explicitly stated that they no longer had control after the sale, and the malicious updates after 2024 mentioned in the security report were not released by the original team.
As for the Edge version, since the account permissions could not be legally transferred, the team voluntarily removed it from the store and stopped maintenance in 2024. The official statement emphasized that the last update of the Edge version before its removal was in 2020, which has nothing to do with the "malicious updates in 2024" mentioned in the report.
For the highly acclaimed new tab tools WeTab and Infinity, the team firmly defended their security in the statement:
To rebuild user trust, the WeTab/Infinity team announced a series of rectification and reinforcement measures:
In the current complex network security environment, the team also gave some general suggestions:
For users who have already logged into WeTab/Infinity, the official statement promises that cloud data (bookmarks, configurations, etc.) will not be lost. Users can still continue to use it normally through the online version or the Chrome store (via Edge's "Allow extensions from other stores" feature).
Conclusion
This incident reminds us once again that the supply chain security of the browser extension ecosystem cannot be ignored. For old users of WeTab and Infinity, the timely clarification from the original team is undoubtedly reassuring. We look forward to these excellent productivity tools returning to the public eye soon after the third-party audit results are announced.
Reference: WeTab/Infinity Official Statement
