No malware found
In code review (v3.1)
Our reviewer read version 3.1 — the most recent version we have reviewed — and found no malicious behaviour. The version shown here has not been individually reviewed yet.
What our analysis found
Highlights for YouTube, used by 1,000 people, showed no malicious code in Extension Auditor's review. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in October 2026.
Analyst notes
The extension does exactly what it describes: it reads timestamps from YouTube comments and video descriptions, then renders highlight markers on the YouTube progress bar with navigation controls. All JavaScript (,) operates exclusively on [domain withheld] DOM elements with zero outbound network calls. The is injected into the page context solely to access YouTube's comment DOM and ytInitialPlayerResponse, communicating back to via postMessage — a standard and well-documented extension pattern. The ML score of 0.23 is entirely explained by benign DOM manipulation patterns (createElement, innerHTML x8, appendChild x6) that any YouTube UI enhancement extension would produce. The bundled manifest perfectly matches the published manifest summary with no discrepancies. The publisher's other-extension malicious rate () is noted but does not override clean, fully readable, unobfuscated code that contains no data collection, no exfiltration, and no remote code loading.
Highlights for YouTube Chrome extension security report
ID: jahmafmcpgdedfjfknmfkhaiejlfdcfc
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Extension Info & Metadata
Publisher Contextual Analysis
- Author
- Ermag
- Privacy
- Privacy Policy
- Help
- Help Center
- MX records exist
- Yes
- Domain exists
- Yes
- Is disposable
- No
- Is role-based
- No
- Mailbox exists
- Yes
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About this extension
View highlights on the video player, that are generated from timestamps found in the description and top comments.
Read the publisher’s full description
✨ UPDATE: Added controls for navigating between highlights. 🎬 See chapters or interesting moments without the need to scroll to the comment/description section. You can toggle the highlights directly from the video player options. ⚠️ Not all videos will have highlights on them since they are generated from timestamps. 🔗 Open Source: View code and report issues on GitHub: https://github.com/Ermag/yt-highlights-chrome 💭 Feedback is greatly appreciated! YouTube is a trademark of Google Inc.
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