BrowserTab

BrowserTab

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Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Active
Version
1.1
Size
0.01 MB
Rating
0.0/5
Reviews
0
Users
20,000
Type
Extension
Updated
Nov 3, 2023
Category
Tools
Price
Free
Featured
No
Visibility
Unlisted
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
Yes

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
SearchTabsView Profile
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Website
Visit
Total Extensions
5
Active
3
Obsolete
2
Listed
0
Unlisted
5
Total Users
20,459
Screenshot 1

BrowserTab helps you easily configure your default search engine.

By clicking "Add to Chrome", I accept and agree to installing the BrowserTab Chrome extension and setting Default Search to that provided by the service and the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If at any point after installing BrowserTab, you feel it is not right for you, don’t worry about it! There are two simple ways to uninstall the extension. Removal Instructions One: Step 1: Right click on the extension in the top right corner of your browser. Step 2: Click ‘Remove’ Or Removal Instructions Two: Step 1: Click on the three dots/horizontal lines icon in the top right corner of your Chrome browser. Step 2: Go to "Settings". Step 3: On the left-hand side, click on ‘Extensions’ Step 4: Find the extension that you wish to remove and click the ‘Remove’ button. Step 5: The extension should be removed from your Chrome browser.

This extension requests no permissions and has no recorded risk factors.

The content script appends a uniquely-named div (`extSearchInstalled`) to the body of every page the user visits, making the extension's presence detectable via `document.querySelector('.extSearchInstalled')` by any in-page JavaScript on any domain. The legitimate interpretation — that queryzoom.com needs this marker to show a tailored search experience — applies only if the marker were needed on queryzoom.com pages, but the `matches` field is `<all_urls>` so the marker runs on every site, not just queryzoom.com. A `chrome_settings_overrides` search redirect requires zero DOM access to any third-party page, so the `<all_urls>` scope with DOM mutation serves no disclosed function and instead creates a persistent extension-fingerprinting beacon readable by every website the user visits.

html/sitecontent.js (Line 1)
let div = document.createElement('div')div.classList.add('extSearchInstalled')document.body.appendChild(div);

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Medium1
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Versions scanned

None of the 1 scanned version has more than one unique code-review finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension VersionCode Review Findings
No versions with multiple unique findings.

Files with findings

1 distinct path — top paths by unique finding count:

  • html/sitecontent.js1
S.No.
Category
Severity
File
Summary
Found in Version
1Tracking
medium
html/sitecontent.js (line 1)The content script appends a uniquely-named div (`extSearchInstalled`) to the body of every page the user visits, making the extension's presence detectable via `document.querySelector('.extSearchInstalled')` by any i…
URLs
5
IPv4
0
IPv6
0

URLs

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clients2.google.com/service/update2/crxhttps://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
queryzoom.com/search/https://queryzoom.com/search/?k={searchTerms}
queryzoom.com/favicon.icohttps://queryzoom.com/favicon.ico
queryzoom.com/install.htmlhttps://queryzoom.com/install.html
queryzoom.com/uninstall.htmlhttps://queryzoom.com/uninstall.html

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Version
Size
Is Malicious
Findings
Permhash
1.1
Latest
0.01 MB
Malicious
1N/A
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