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ID: ahcheklclkfhcnolljmfkcmifbglbdhi

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

3.0.1

Size

0.23 MB

Rating

2.0/5

Reviews

Users

20,000

Type

Extension

Updated

May 20, 2024

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: https://quicklinkhub.netView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Help: Help Center
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: Yes
Mailbox exists: Yes
Website: Visit

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Obsolete

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Unlisted

Total Users

20,000

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Default search engine that gives you one-click quick access directly to the destination page

This is a default search extension to accelerate your search process. It enables you to bypass the results page and get directly to the destination page for your typed query. After installing this extension to your browser, your default search engine will be modified to Yahoo. It's reflected both in the address bar of your browser as well as the selected text with a right-click context menu. Privacy: https://www.quicklinkhub.net/privacy/ Terms: https://www.quicklinkhub.net/terms/

User Growth

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Versions

-33.33%(-10,000 users)

Compared to 3 months ago

2 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 1 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 2.00 / 5.0

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Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.0.0 Code review	6

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
3.0.0	6

Files with findings

4 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

bg/background.js2
manifest.json2
utils/config.js1
utils/helpers.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Privilege Escalation	high	manifest.json (line 34)	The extension requests <all_urls> host access despite having no content scripts, no webRequest listeners, and no tabs.executeScript usage anywhere in the bundle - the broad permission is unused by the visible code, su…	3.0.0
2	Privilege Escalation	high	bg/background.js (line 40)	The background service worker exposes an onMessageExternal handler accepting commands from any *.quicklinksearch.net page (per externally_connectable). The remote site can instruct the extension to enumerate and forci…	3.0.0
3	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	manifest.json (line 6)	The manifest forces the browser's default search engine to quicklinksearch.net via chrome_settings_overrides with is_default:true. This is a classic search-hijacker monetization pattern: every address-bar query, inclu…	3.0.0
4	Tracking	medium	bg/background.js (line 32)	On install and on user-initiated uninstall, the extension registers an uninstall URL that opens quicklinksearch.net/wim/uninstall with affiliate tracking parameters (s=qlpr, vert=private, fe=true). This pings the oper…	3.0.0
5	Tracking	medium	utils/helpers.js (line 6)	The extension reads and writes cookies on the operator's domain (quicklinksearch.net) using SameSite=none, allowing those cookies to be sent in cross-site contexts. This creates a synchronized identifier between the e…	3.0.0
6	Tracking	low	utils/config.js (line 11)	All operator endpoints (uninstall, privacy, terms, contact, help) are dynamically derived from the search_provider URL in the manifest and carry affiliate IDs (s=qlpr, vert=private) that are attached to every navigati…	3.0.0

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www.w3.org	/2000/svg	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
www.quicklinksearch.net	/favicon.ico	https://www.quicklinksearch.net/favicon.ico
www.quicklinksearch.net	/search/	https://www.quicklinksearch.net/search/?category=web&s=qlpr&vert=private&q={searchTerms}
sug.quicklinksearch.net	/v1/sug/	https://sug.quicklinksearch.net/v1/sug/?yid=qlpr&vert=private&q={searchTerms}
quicklinksearch.net	/wim/gotohub	https://quicklinksearch.net/wim/gotohub?s=qlpr
*.quicklinksearch.net	/*	https://.quicklinksearch.net/
fonts.googleapis.com	-	https://fonts.googleapis.com
fonts.gstatic.com	-	https://fonts.gstatic.com
fonts.googleapis.com	/css2	https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito+Sans:wght@400;700&display=swap

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2.0 out of 5 · 1 most recent review

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the new accont holder..

Lailoma Hashimi·23 Dec 2023

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