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

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Audio Booster

ID: dofipoenjneffioimgjgemgpagppnofo

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

1.6.5

Size

0.39 MB

Rating

4.2/5

Reviews

Users

698,336

Type

Extension

Updated

Nov 23, 2020

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Alden Kirlin View 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

698,336

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Increase audio volume above maximum.

Too quiet video or audio? Audio Booster can boost audio volume by up to 600%. Features: - Prevent audio distortion. Audio Booster applies filters that help you get a cleaner sound. Please note it could be distorted anyway if it’s a hardware limitation - Set volume boost for a single tab, domain-wide, or globally.

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High3

Medium1

Low0

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Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.6.3 Code review	4

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.6.3	4

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js4
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	critical	background.js (line 77)	This code dynamically builds a URL to `https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MLZFHDZ&l=exp` from the manifest CSP and injects it as a new script element into the extension background page. In a Manifest V2 ex…	1.6.4
2	Code Injection	high	background.js (line 82)	When the popup toggles the in-site controller on or off, the background script issues `chrome.tabs.query({})` — with an empty filter that matches ALL open tabs — and then calls `chrome.tabs.executeScript` on every HTT…	1.6.3
3	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	background.js (line 112)	The extension uses `chrome.tabCapture.capture` to capture the full raw audio stream of ANY browser tab, including sensitive tabs such as banking portals, telehealth consultations, or private video calls. The captured …	1.6.3
4	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	manifest.json (line 7)	The extension combines `tabCapture` (full tab audio recording), `tabs` (read all tab URLs and titles), `storage` (persist cross-site data), and `<all_urls>` (content script injected on every page) into a single permis…	1.6.3
5	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	background.js (line 39)	`audioStates` is declared without `var`/`let`/`const` and also explicitly assigned to `window.audioStates`, making it a globally exposed property on the extension's background page `window` object. Any other extension…	1.6.3

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URLs

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getbootstrap.com	-	https://getbootstrap.com/
github.com	/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE	https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
www.w3.org	/2000/svg	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
jquery.com	-	http://jquery.com
jquery.com	-	https://jquery.com/
sizzlejs.com	-	https://sizzlejs.com/
jquery.org	/license	https://jquery.org/license
github.com	/whatwg/html/issues/2369	https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/2369
html.spec.whatwg.org	-	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#nonce-attributes
js.foundation	-	https://js.foundation/

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2.3.3.3	IPv4	-
2.3.3.1	IPv4	-

3.9 out of 5 · 9 most recent reviews

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worked well but full screen not availible

Zapper Tech·31 Mar 2021

this is fake got another volume boster and it is crazy and when I compare it it makes volume boster seem dumb I would recomend volume gain

Jose Andrade·1 Mar 2021

it like uhm glitched the song but it did boost it nah you guys need to fix this

Feroz Hashemi·27 Feb 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Audio Booster

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