Google has disabled The Great Suspender, an extension used by Chrome users who used to have many tabs open because, in the words of the message that users have received, “contains malware”.
This left users with some questions and concerns.
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First, what happened? Well, concerns were raised last year that the extension contained nefarious code after the extension changed hands. More details here on GitHub.
Yesterday, Google turned off the extension, informing users that it was now blocked, and any mention of it in the Google Chrome web store now results in 404s.
If you were a user, the suspended tabs are now gone. Well, you can still get them back, but it’s a little bit complicated. It involves searching your history for the extension ID (klbibkeccnjlkjkiokjodocebajanakg) and then extracting the URL from the string (it is after the uri =)
Others want to know what to do next.
There are some extensions that you can use to do similar things. Session Buddy and OneTab come to mind.
If you prefer a paid service, I have been using Partizion for the past few months and I think it is very reliable and, once you get used to it, it works very well.
Or, you know, you can limit the number of tabs open.