While most of us have the Notes app on our smartphones and laptops, those entries can easily get lost among countless open tabs.
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Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
Sudden redirects, new tabs opening on their own, unfamiliar search results, popups, slower browsing or websites asking you to re-log in unexpectedly can all signal a malicious or compromised extension.
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