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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Ad Speedup - Skip Video Ads 16X Faster

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Ad Speedup - Skip Video Ads 16X Faster

ID: pcjlckhhhmlefmobnnoolakplfppdchi

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Supported Languages

🇸🇦Arabic

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇺🇸English

🇮🇳Hindi

🇯🇵Japanese

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇺Russian

🇪🇸Spanish

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.2.9

Size

0.17 MB

Rating

3.0/5

Reviews

1,532

Users

200,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Mar 13, 2025

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: https://adspeedup.comView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Help: Help Center
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes
Website: Visit

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

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Unlisted

Total Users

200,000

Email Change History

2 changes

Jan 14, 2024

Domain changed

Sep 26, 2024

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Automatically speed-up ads 16X on videos. 100% Free. Skip ads automatically. Hide ad banner. Clicks Skip add button automatically.

Dive into an uninterrupted, enhanced YouTube experience with Ad Speedup! The ultimate game-changer for all YouTube enthusiasts. Why wait for ads to end when they can be automatically fast-forwarded up to 16X? What's New - Now SpeedUp Ads on Twitch - See how to use AdSpeedUp for Twitch - https://www.adspeedup.com/updated/ Key Features: ----- ⚡ Lightning-Fast Ads: Experience ads at 16x speed. Don’t let commercials slow you down. 🔇 Smart Muting - Ads are automatically muted, maintaining your viewing experience. 😺 Unnaffected Content - Your normal content is unaffected! ⏭️ Automatic Skipping - You don't have to press a thing! 🥷 Seamless Integration - Works in the background. Install it, and forget it's even there! 🤖 Ad Autoplay - Adverts play automatically, setting the stage for quicker skips. 🚧 AdBlocker Integration - Use this alongside your existing AdBlockers with no issues! 📃YouTube Video Summarizer - Summarize the YouTube Video using ChatGPT Why Ad Speedup? ----- 🔶 More Content - Less Interruption: Maximize your viewing pleasure without interruptions. 🔶 User-Friendly - Intuitive design for effortless interaction. 🔶 Safe and Secure - Prioritizes your privacy and security. Roadmap ----- 🎞️ - Other video platforms incoming! 👨‍💻 - Speed up in-video sponsor content 🙏 - Request your feature https://link.adspeedup.com/feedback 🤖 - Join our community https://link.adspeedup.com/discord Disclaimer: ----- Ad Speedup is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube. Features subject to change based on platform updates.

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21 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 1,624 ratings+7 (0%)

Average Rating

Current: 3.71 / 5.0+3.71

Extracted Data

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Critical3

High5

Medium1

Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 25 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0 Code review	9

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0	9

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js7
content-script.js2

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Credential Theft	critical	background.js (line 3098)	The extension reads the user's ChatGPT session/accessToken from chat.openai.com and stores it (via `_`) for use in authenticated `Bearer` requests to OpenAI's backend API on the user's behalf. Extracting and reusing a…	1.1.0
2	Data Exfiltration	critical	background.js (line 3549)	Exfiltrates the user's ChatGPT profile (name, email, profile picture), scraped YouTube account email, and a persistent deviceId to `https://prod-backend.adspeedup.com/api/v1/owner/initialize`. Identifiers from two unr…	1.1.0
3	Privilege Escalation	critical	background.js (line 2907)	Implements a "proxy tab" that covertly opens/pins a chat.openai.com (and separately youtube.com) tab and routes extension fetches through the page context so requests inherit the user's first-party cookies/session. Th…	1.1.0
4	Data Exfiltration	high	content-script.js (line 1333)	Content script mirrors the background: scrapes the YouTube account email and posts the combined user profile (name/email/profilePic/youtubeEmail/deviceId) to the adspeedup backend directly from the page context, even …	1.1.0
5	Network Interception	high	background.js (line 3115)	Registers a ChatGPT backend WebSocket using the victim's access token and persists the wss_url, enabling a long-lived out-of-band channel on the user's authenticated ChatGPT session controlled by the extension.	1.1.0
6	Privilege Escalation	high	background.js (line 3340)	Submits POST requests to ChatGPT's private `/backend-api/conversation` endpoint using the user's harvested Bearer token, injecting attacker-authored prompts (video transcript + instructions) into the user's ChatGPT ac…	1.1.0
7	Tracking	high	content-script.js (line 763)	Every watched YouTube URL along with the user's email is sent to the adspeedup.com backend for each summary/chat/timestamps action. This produces a detailed, per-user viewing-history log on the extension's server, far…	1.1.0
8	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	background.js (line 3517)	Silently scrapes the logged-in Google/YouTube account email by calling YouTube's internal `getAccountSwitcherEndpoint` and parsing the private JSON payload. This is user-account PII harvested with no consent prompt, t…	1.1.0
9	Tracking	medium	background.js (line 3646)	On every update the extension silently opens a third-party affiliate/referral URL (api.maxai.me/app/zmo?ref=usa) unrelated to the stated functionality (YouTube ad skipping). This is covert monetization/redirect behavi…	1.1.0

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github.com	/uuidjs/uuid	https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#getrandomvalues-not-supported
chat.openai.com	-	https://chat.openai.com
www.youtube.com	-	https://www.youtube.com
chat.openai.com	/api/auth/session	https://chat.openai.com/api/auth/session
chat.openai.com	/backend-api/register-websocket	https://chat.openai.com/backend-api/register-websocket
chat.openai.com	/backend-api$%7Bn%7D%60,%7Bmethod:t,headers:%7B	https://chat.openai.com/backend-api${n}`,{method:t,headers:{
www.youtube.com	/getAccountSwitcherEndpoint	https://www.youtube.com/getAccountSwitcherEndpoint
prod-backend.adspeedup.com	/api/v1/owner/initialize	https://prod-backend.adspeedup.com/api/v1/owner/initialize
www.google-analytics.com	/debug/mp/collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/debug/mp/collect
www.google-analytics.com	/mp/collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/mp/collect

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106.15.237.24	IPv4	-

3.4 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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very good, i like 🔥

Ein Google-Nutzer·26 Feb 2026

YouTubeでスキップできない広告があったり質の悪い広告をなるべく見たくないと感じて利用していました。しかしながら、YouTubeが公式で規約違反として止めてくるため、使わないことにしました。YouTubeをBANされるのは他の方も困るはずです。なので、不本意ですが「使わないでおいたほうがいいよ」という意思表示で、星1をつけさせて下さい。

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河合龍（カツオブシ）·25 Feb 2026

some ppl said the YT adblock stopper goes off but works for me.

Makhdi Mukhambetov·31 Jan 2026

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