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

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HDify

ID: bbdengonknjdlnahehkamhbdlgmoicnp

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

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

0.3.1

Size

0.13 MB

Rating

2.3/5

Reviews

Users

200,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Sep 12, 2021

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Nine SalmotasView 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

200,000

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Auto HD quality for Youtube videos. Optimal video quality is selected based on your screen size.

HDify is an Auto HD extension that manages your Youtube video quality settings. HDify works automatically. The app selects the optimal video quality based on your screen resolution. How to use it: Just install. No settings, no popups, it just works.

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High2

Medium3

Low2

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
0.3.1 Code review	3
0.3.0 Code review	4

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
0.3.1	3
0.3.0	4

Files with findings

2 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

js/background.js5
manifest.json2

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Code Injection	high	js/background.js (line 1)	On install, the extension immediately queries all open browser tabs (with no URL filter) and injects js/content.js into every one of them with allFrames:true. The content script is YouTube-specific (it references ytp-…	0.3.0
2	Tracking	high	js/background.js (line 1)	The extension secretly generates a persistent UUID (stored as 'cid' in chrome.storage.local) that permanently identifies each user across sessions. On every background page activation, it silently transmits a pageview…	0.3.0
3	Tracking	medium	js/background.js (line 3306)	The extension generates and persists a UUID-like client identifier (`cid`) in local storage, then transmits it to Google Analytics along with the extension runtime ID. This is a tracking pattern because it creates a s…	0.3.1
4	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	manifest.json (line 1)	The content script is declared to run on all HTTP and HTTPS URLs (http:/// and https:///) at document_start across all frames including about:blank frames. For an extension whose sole stated purpose is setting You…	0.3.0
5	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	manifest.json (line 1)	The extension uses a persistent (non-event-driven) background script combined with broad host permissions (http:/// and https:///) and cookie access. The incognito:split setting means the extension — and its cover…	0.3.0
6	Other	low	js/background.js (line 3555)	This code enables runtime loading of extension locale data from a remote server when `t.remote` is set, constructing the URL from the page host and current locale. The same file initializes this with `remote: true` an…	0.3.1
7	Other	low	js/background.js (line 3369)	On installation, the background script queries all open tabs and injects the content script into every tab and every frame without checking the tab URL first. Given that the manifest already matches all HTTP and HTTPS…	0.3.1

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registry.npmjs.org	/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz	https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz
github.com	/axios/axios/issues	https://github.com/axios/axios/issues
axios-http.com	-	https://axios-http.com
github.com	/axios/axios.git	https://github.com/axios/axios.git
github.com	/uuidjs/uuid	https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#getrandomvalues-not-supported
developer.mozilla.org	/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage	https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage
www.google-analytics.com	/collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?${new
www.youtube.com	-	https://www.youtube.com/
youtube.com	-	https://youtube.com
onlinesly.com	-	https://onlinesly.com

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2.3 out of 5 · 3 most recent reviews

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Not working

shahab khateri·3 Oct 2021

Does it really work? I can't choose any option.

Lily Han Htun·26 Sept 2021

good

KaiS Hùng·23 Sept 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

HDify

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