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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Adblock for Internet

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Adblock for Internet

ID: eapnbgjpefaicphghglacdclgpdmkona

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.1.0.3

Size

0.35 MB

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

Users

23,803

Type

Extension

Updated

Jul 27, 2022

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted

Author: http://installadblock.comView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

23,803

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Removes ads from Internet.

Remove ads from websites and YouTube with low CPU and RAM consumption.

User Growth

Showing data from May 13, 2022 to Mar 20, 2023

Versions

+50.37%(+7,973 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

3 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 94 ratings+2 (2%)

Average Rating

Current: 4.18 / 5.0+4.18

Extracted Data

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By severity

Critical4

High2

Medium1

Low1

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 3 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0.0 Code review	8

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.1.0.0	8

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

scripts/background.js5
scripts/contentscript.js3

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Network Interception	critical	scripts/background.js (line 163)	Intercepts outbound `Cookie` headers on every HTTP/HTTPS request (`<all_urls>`) and blanks specific cookies based on rules supplied by the remote server. Because `knownCookies` is fully controlled by `installadblock.c…	1.1.0.0
2	Privilege Escalation	critical	scripts/contentscript.js (line 406)	Bridges any `window.postMessage` from the page directly into `chrome.runtime.sendMessage` without origin or schema validation. Combined with the background handler this lets any visited web page trigger privileged ext…	1.1.0.0
3	Privilege Escalation	critical	scripts/background.js (line 125)	The runtime message handler exposes `UNINSTALL`, `SAVE_DATA`, and `READ_SETTINGS` actions with no sender validation. Because the content-script bridge forwards raw `window.postMessage` events to this handler, every pu…	1.1.0.0
4	Remote Code Loading	critical	scripts/background.js (line 100)	Fetches arbitrary JSON config from installadblock.com and merges it directly into the live `settings` object via `Object.assign`. This server-controlled blob populates `knownCookies`, `youtubeSettings.ruleList`, `bAtt…	1.1.0.0
5	Code Injection	high	scripts/contentscript.js (line 237)	Injects a CSS rule string (`settings.ruleList`) sourced from the remote `installadblock.com` config into every matching page via `CSSStyleSheet.insertRule`. Because the rule string is entirely server-controlled and th…	1.1.0.0
6	Code Injection	high	scripts/contentscript.js (line 97)	Creates an invisible (`opacity: 0; position: absolute`) anchor element on pages matching the server-supplied `urlRegex`, then sets a server-controlled attribute name (`settings.bAttr`) to a server-controlled value (`s…	1.1.0.0
7	Tracking	medium	scripts/background.js (line 78)	Generates a persistent per-install tracking identifier (`a14622br-...`) and stores it in `chrome.storage.local`. This UID is transmitted to `installadblock.com` on every config refresh, embedded into injected DOM attr…	1.1.0.0
8	Tracking	low	scripts/background.js (line 229)	On first install, opens an installadblock.com landing page that includes the extension version and Chrome runtime ID as query parameters, allowing the operator to attribute, monetize, and fingerprint installations.	1.1.0.0

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URLs

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fonts.googleapis.com	/css	https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,500
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
*	/*	http:///
*	/*	https:///
www.w3.org	/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
purl.org	/dc/elements/1.1/	http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
ns.adobe.com	/photoshop/1.0/	http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/mm/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceEvent#

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3.6 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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wow wonderfull

zubair zakriya·15 Mar 2023

good

Study Bugs·10 Mar 2023

Not working

Razvan Popescu·22 Feb 2023

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Adblock for Internet

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