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

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Easy Volume Booster

ID: hcmlplffjjfcoklibmegngecbnpnifni

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

0.8.10

Size

0.41 MB

Rating

3.7/5

Reviews

Users

900,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Sep 28, 2020

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Lawren RodriguezView 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

900,000

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Boost volume x6 for audio/video playing in the browser

Easy Volume Booster increases audio volume above the maximum. You can set up the default volume for a domain or just for a tab. Features: 🌟 Boost volume up to x6 🌟 Remembers default volume adjustment 🌟 Easy to use Unlike many competitors, this app prevents audio distortion!

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Critical1

High3

Medium1

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
0.8.10 Code review	2
0.8.9 Code review	3

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
0.8.10	2
0.8.9	3

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js3
manifest.json2

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	critical	background.js (line 65)	The background page dynamically injects and executes a remote Google Tag Manager script inside the privileged extension context. Remote script loading is a major extension security risk because the publisher can chang…	0.8.10
2	Code Injection	high	background.js (line 82)	When enable or disable messages are received, background.js queries ALL open browser tabs (chrome.tabs.query({})) and injects JavaScript code strings via chrome.tabs.executeScript into every matching tab simultaneousl…	0.8.9
3	Remote Code Loading	high	manifest.json (line 24)	The manifest explicitly relaxes the extension CSP to allow remote scripts from Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google APIs. In an MV2 extension with broad permissions like `tabs`, `tabCapture`, and `<all_url…	0.8.10
4	Remote Code Loading	high	manifest.json (line 34)	The Content Security Policy explicitly whitelists Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and all googleapis.com subdomains as trusted script sources. No analytics or GTM code is present anywhere in the extension source…	0.8.9
5	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	background.js (line 112)	The extension captures the complete raw audio stream from the active tab via chrome.tabCapture.capture() and holds live MediaStream objects in the global audioStates map keyed by tabId. While the current code routes t…	0.8.9

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URLs

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chrome.google.com	-	https://chrome.google.com
www.googletagmanager.com	/gtm.js	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-WFW4MC4&l=
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
www.google-analytics.com	-	https://www.google-analytics.com
www.googletagmanager.com	-	https://www.googletagmanager.com
*.googleapis.com;	-	https://*.googleapis.com;
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	-	https://jquery.com/

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2.3.3.3	IPv4	-
2.3.3.1	IPv4	-

4.6 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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i got this works fine but i cant use full screen on netflix so it is horrible like come on

PogFrogy L·22 Oct 2021

I like loud sound. Therefore, the extension is just right for me.

Robert Fotis·4 Sept 2021

A cool extension for working with sound.

Aleks Pride·2 Sept 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Easy Volume Booster

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