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This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Adresist adblocker

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Adresist adblocker

ID: padockkdmabpildideccompgnkoifdim

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬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

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

3.3.0

Size

0.35 MB

Rating

3.9/5

Reviews

Users

692,510

Type

Extension

Updated

Mar 8, 2021

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Victoria WardView Profile
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

692,510

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Join the digital resistance movement against ads!

Adresist is an adblocker. It blocks ads e.g. banners, video ads, pop-ups, etc. Adresist has tons of well-tested filter lists both proprietary and maintained by the open-source community. Features: ⭐ Easy Set-up: Simply download the Adresist browser extension and that’s all ⭐ Geo-based filters: We enable country-specific blocking filters based on your location. ⭐ Easy on resources: Benchmarks show that we are in the best in the class by CPU, RAM consumption.

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Extracted Data

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High3

Medium6

Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 2 of 2 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.3.0 Code review	6
3.2.7 Code review	5

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.3.0	6
3.2.7	5

Files with findings

4 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js7
content.js2
manifest.json1
subscriptions.xml1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	critical	subscriptions.xml (line 1)	All 23 filter list subscriptions — including EasyList, EasyPrivacy, and all localized variants — are served exclusively from the operator-controlled domain `rules.easyadblocker.com` rather than the legitimate upstream…	3.2.7
2	Unauthorized Data Collection	critical	background.js (line 6)	The exception/allowlist URL — which controls what ads are whitelisted and bypass blocking — is hardcoded to the operator-controlled `rules.easyadblocker.com` instead of the standard AdBlock Plus Acceptable Ads list at…	3.2.7
3	Code Injection	high	content.js (line 842)	This content script injects code into page and frame contexts by writing a function reference onto the target window and executing it with `eval()`. Injecting executable code into every page context is a high-risk pat…	3.3.0
4	Code Injection	high	content.js (line 1003)	The extension injects a Blob-backed script tag into every HTML document, including frames, and uses a custom event bridge to shuttle page-context data back to the extension. This is a classic page-context hook used to…	3.3.0
5	Remote Code Loading	high	background.js (line 6)	The extension periodically fetches a JSON notification payload from the operator-controlled `cdn.easyadblocker.com/notification.json`. Parsed notification objects can contain arbitrary `links` arrays; when a user inte…	3.2.7
6	Network Interception	medium	background.js (line 21542)	This listener intercepts and evaluates essentially all subresource requests across all visited sites, including HTTP(S) and WebSocket traffic, and can cancel them synchronously. That is expected for an ad blocker, but…	3.3.0
7	Other	medium	background.js (line 21176)	The extension downloads remote JSON notification data, parses it, stores it, and immediately uses it to drive in-product behavior via `showNext()`. Remote server-controlled messaging is not code execution by itself, b…	3.3.0
8	Phishing	medium	background.js (line 21672)	Notification payloads can trigger the extension to open one or more tabs from URLs supplied indirectly by the notification system. Combined with the remotely fetched notification data, this gives the operator a channe…	3.3.0
9	Tracking	medium	background.js (line 20958)	On repeated subscription download failures, the extension constructs a telemetry-style request containing the extension version, the subscription URL, the failed download URL, and detailed error/status fields, then se…	3.3.0
10	Tracking	medium	manifest.json (line 1)	The extension's Content Security Policy explicitly whitelists `google-analytics.com` and `googletagmanager.com` as allowed script sources. No Google Analytics or Tag Manager code was found in the bundled JS files, but…	3.2.7
11	Tracking	medium	background.js (line 6)	The extension builds a detailed fingerprint on uninstall including addon name, version, browser type and version, OS platform, notification download count (binned into cohorts), and whether local data was corrupted. T…	3.2.7

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developer.mozilla.org	/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage	https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage
npms.io	/search	https://npms.io/search?q=ponyfill.
*	/*	http:///
*	/*	https:///
chrome.google.com	/webstore/	https://chrome.google.com/webstore/
adblockplus.org	/getSubscription	https://adblockplus.org/getSubscription?version=%VERSION%&url=%SUBSCRIPTION%&downloadURL=%URL%&error=%ERROR%&channelStatus=%CHANNELSTATUS%&responseStatus=%RESPONSESTATUS%
rules.easyadblocker.com	/exceptionrules.txt	https://rules.easyadblocker.com/exceptionrules.txt
rules.easyadblocker.com	/exceptionrules-privacy-friendly.txt	https://rules.easyadblocker.com/exceptionrules-privacy-friendly.txt
rules.easyadblocker.com	/antiadblockfilters.txt	https://rules.easyadblocker.com/antiadblockfilters.txt
adblockplus.org	/redirect	https://adblockplus.org/redirect?link=%LINK%&lang=%LANG%

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4.2 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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a lot of bugs and crashes a lot

Noob Hacker Yt·8 Jun 2021

THANK YOU NOW I CAN WATCH MY HERO ACADEMIA FREE AND NO ADDS!!!!!!

lexanyel Enriquez·7 Jun 2021

I felt myself like a superhero after installing this. No interruptions. This extension made free both my mind and computer screen. Thank you.

Shagun Arora·7 Jun 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Adresist adblocker

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