# Chrome Sense Beta plugin flagged as malware **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 31, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962 "2017-10-31T22:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cbetheridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cbetheridge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbetheridge)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/1 "2017-10-31T22:22:47Z")
Hey, Starting with Chrome 61, the old browser extension version of sense ([https://github.com/elastic/sense](https://github.com/elastic/sense)) was marked by Google as containing malware. It's been removed from the chrome webstore, and the browser forcibly disables the extension. I'm fine with the extension going away (it's been deprecated for more than a year in favor of kibana). What i'd like to know is why it was flagged as malware and if I need to worry about my system being compromised for having used it for so long. Thanks, --Bryce ---
**Author:** ![cbetheridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cbetheridge](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cbetheridge)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/2 "2017-11-01T14:49:58Z")
To be clear, I'm asking here because the chrome plugin was developed by the elastic team back in the day. So someone here should have been the one to upload it to the Chrome web store and presumably would have more info from Google about whats up. ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/3 "2017-11-01T15:15:33Z")
I have raised this question internally, once I get an answer will pass it on. Thanks for your patience. Rashmi ---
**Author:** ![Zachary\_Toliver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zachary_toliver/32/23659_2.png) [@Zachary\_Toliver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Zachary_Toliver)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/4 "2017-11-01T16:50:22Z")
+1 on this. Has been a bummer for my team. Had to start using Elasticsearch Head and Postman but they aren't as friendly. ---
**Author:** ![Sivakanth\_Sattiraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sivakanth\_Sattiraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sivakanth_Sattiraju)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/5 "2017-11-01T22:20:03Z")
Just noticed this... crap!!! It is a roadblock to me as well! Appreciate any help in resolving this. ---
**Author:** ![jbarreto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jbarreto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbarreto)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/6 "2017-11-01T22:27:14Z")
I noticed this today as well, I couldn't find a work around to enable the extension on chrome ☹ I tried - elasticsearch-head chrome extension - elasticsearch tools chrome application I did not like any of those. So I installed kibana + elastic sense kibana plugin and additionally I had to launch a dummy localhost elasticseach in order to be able to access elastic sense application [http://localhost:5601/app/sense](http://localhost:5601/app/sense) Anyone know if I can have kibana apps without having to launch a elasticsearch instance ? ---
**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/7 "2017-11-01T23:08:33Z")
Sense plugin was removed from the Chrome store quite awhile ago. We believe, version that was being published in the Chrome web store was a fork we didn’t control. ---
**Author:** ![apakshabhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@apakshabhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apakshabhat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/8 "2017-11-02T09:30:54Z")
hi we had installed kibana but it seems to be not compatible with our version..Any recommendations ---
**Author:** ![apakshabhat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@apakshabhat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/apakshabhat)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/9 "2017-11-02T09:31:30Z")
any recommendation ---
**Author:** ![Nezzerscape](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d78d45/32.png) [@Nezzerscape](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nezzerscape)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/10 "2017-11-02T14:04:59Z")
While having it integrated into Kabana is nice, if one loads the ELK stack and Kabana is having issues (say Elasticsearch does not come up or is lagging too much ) one's view into the system is limited. My PC box is Windows (no curl/cannot add software)... Its like Chicken and the Egg trying to solve issues. ---
**Author:** ![jbarreto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jbarreto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbarreto)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/11 "2017-11-02T14:23:28Z")
@apakshabhat I did it with kibana 4.5.0 and elasticsearch 2.3.1 You can download those versions here: [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases) ---
**Author:** ![Sivakanth\_Sattiraju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sivakanth\_Sattiraju](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sivakanth_Sattiraju)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/13 "2017-11-02T22:36:37Z")
Any plans to restore it? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/14 "2017-11-03T00:36:07Z")
There are currently no plans to make Console a separate plugin. ---
**Author:** ![Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tirthankar_Bhowmick)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/15 "2017-11-03T20:13:21Z")
Many of you are having issues with useful chrome sense plugin marked as malware. Please download this [zip](https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjoe4aj35fazzac/sense_chrome_plugin.zip?dl=0) file from my dropbox and follow the instructions to install it. Please run the file through some anti-virus to protect yourself. Thanks to this [link](https://www.addictivetips.com/web/how-to-export-an-installed-extension-chrome/) to help me export chrome extension. 1. Download and unzip attachment 2. Go to chrome://extensions 3. Delete the current Sense plugin installed 4.. Check developer mode and click on "Load unpacked extension..." and select the unzipped folder. 4. Most important: Enjoy! ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/c/ec9b4fae7fe70546c141e67cb07260488367ae2e.png) ---
**Author:** ![Taras\_Kohut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/taras_kohut/32/12118_2.png) [@Taras\_Kohut](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Taras_Kohut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/16 "2017-11-04T13:17:03Z")
After several minutes chrome disables this plugin as well ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tirthankar_Bhowmick)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/17 "2017-11-05T04:19:38Z")
Me or my colleagues did not face this issue. Can you share a screenshot? ---
**Author:** ![Ismael\_Alaoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecd19e/32.png) [@Ismael\_Alaoui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ismael_Alaoui)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/18 "2017-11-06T12:43:04Z")
Tirthankar's solution worked for me. After a couple of days, my plugin is still active. ---
**Author:** ![Taras\_Kohut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/taras_kohut/32/12118_2.png) [@Taras\_Kohut](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Taras_Kohut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/19 "2017-11-06T13:02:57Z")
I'm using chrome on several PC's, and it does plugins sync. I removed old plugin and reinstalled it only on one PC, so I believe after some time synchronization replaced your version by this old one from other PC. I replaced the plugin on all PC's, and for now everything is ok, so I suspect that was the problem. If the issue will appear again I will send a screenshot. ---
**Author:** ![Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@Tirthankar\_Bhowmick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tirthankar_Bhowmick)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/20 "2017-11-06T13:31:50Z")
Thanks. I never thought of this. This will help my colleagues having the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![Teddy\_Santos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/teddy_santos/32/23863_2.png) [@Teddy\_Santos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Teddy_Santos)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962/21 "2017-11-06T15:39:01Z")
Hi I also tried Tirthankar's solution, and it does disables after a few minutes. Would like to ask on how to fix this issue. Thanks. [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/chrome-sense-beta-plugin-flagged-as-malware/105962.md?page=2)