Distributors of unwanted Chrome extensions are coming up with new, sneaky, and simple methods to trick users into installing their extensions now that Google has banned inline installs.
In the past, unwanted extension purveyors would create deceptive landing pages that try and trick users into installing an extension. These pages would pretend to be security checks, prompts that a download is ready, or simply display annoying javascript alerts that would not go away.
Ultimately, based on some action such as clicking the install button or simply trying to close an alert, the site would attempt to perform an inline install of the extension directly from their site rather than from the Google Chrome Web Store.
