The Hover Zoom extension I'm seeing in the Chrome Store [1] refers to a prior version that was overrun by malware and removed from the store.
> This is an open source version of the original HoverZoom extension which is now overrun by malware and deleted from store. In this version all spyware has been removed, many bugs were fixed and new features were added.
Were you involved with the project when that all went down?
1: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hover-zoom%20/pccc...