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Quick Translator

ID: kpcdbiholadphpbimkgckhggglklemib

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Supported Languages

🇪🇹Amharic

🇸🇦Arabic

🇧🇩Bengali

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇱Hebrew

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇮🇳Kannada

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇮🇷Persian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇰🇪Swahili

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.0.4

Size

0.38 MB

Rating

4.6/5

Reviews

199

Users

700,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Dec 17, 2024

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Brandon CannadayView 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

700,000

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Translate words or phrases effortlessly with Google Translator by right-clicking. Enjoy seamless online translation

Right-click on a word or phrase to utilize Google Translator for quick online translation. 🌐 Simplify Translation! Right-click on any word or phrase to access Google Translator for immediate online translation. 🔗 Extension Highlights: Translate words on the current web page swiftly using Google Translator by right-clicking on the desired text. ⚙️ User-Friendly Configuration: Choose your preferred language in the extension settings, enabling the translator to automatically detect the site's language based on your location. 🌐 Multilingual Functionality: Effortlessly translate between a variety of languages. 🔒 Privacy Assurance: Use the "Web Translator" extension at your own discretion; no warranty is provided. The author assumes no responsibility for any data loss or damage resulting from its use. By utilizing "Web Translator," you agree to these terms. 🔄 Two Convenient Translation Options: Experience a user-friendly translator with the ability to translate by double-clicking on a word while reading or by copying and pasting larger text into the extension's popup. 🎨 Aesthetic Design: Effortlessly navigate through the extension's features with its visually pleasing design. Choose the color theme that suits your preference. 📖 Streamlined Reading: Read foreign text swiftly and comprehend every word by translating the entire page at once. Utilize the translation button in the context menu or the extension's popup. 🕰️ History and Favorites: "Click to Translate" retains your language history, eliminating the need to repeatedly choose it. Easily add your favorites to the quick menu. 🚫 Disclaimer: The "Web Translator" Chrome extension is independent of the popular site https://translate.google.com. All copyrights belong to their respective owners. This extension is not supported, sponsored, or owned by Google Inc. 📚 Copyright Acknowledgment: All copyrights are duly acknowledged and belong to their respective owners. Google does not endorse or sponsor this Chrome extension.

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Rating Count

Total: 199 ratings

Average Rating

Current: 4.87 / 5.0+4.87

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Low2

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Showing 2 of 5 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.0.1 Code review	3
1.0.0 Code review	6

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.0.1	3
1.0.0	6

Files with findings

4 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

js/background.js6
js/translate.js1
js/Utils.js1
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Network Interception	critical	js/background.js (line 1)	The extension registers a webRequest.onHeadersReceived listener scoped to ALL URLs (':///*') with the 'responseHeaders' extra-info option, enabling it to passively intercept and read HTTP response headers from every…	1.0.0
2	Tracking	high	js/background.js (line 1)	On both install and update events, the extension persists a permanent user UUID (uid), the extension's own runtime ID (extId), and precise install/update timestamps (date_install, du). This creates a persistent cross-…	1.0.0
3	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	js/Utils.js (line 1)	A persistent UUID is generated and stored on first use, creating a stable per-user identifier that persists across browser sessions. Combined with the extId and timestamp data stored in background.js, this provides a …	1.0.0
4	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	js/background.js (line 1)	The background service worker exposes the user's persistent UID to any sender via the 'getUid' message. In a Chrome extension, chrome.runtime.onMessage listeners receive messages from content scripts running on any we…	1.0.0
5	Code Injection	medium	js/translate.js (line 1)	The content script uses extractContents() to destructively remove user-selected DOM content from the page and rewrap it in an <output> element. This mutates the live DOM of every website (including banking, e-commerce…	1.0.0
6	Data Exfiltration	medium	js/background.js (line 103)	The extension takes user-selected page text and appends it directly to a Google Translate URL, which sends the selected content to a third party. It uses plain HTTP rather than HTTPS, so the translated text is exposed…	1.0.1
7	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	manifest.json (line 27)	The content script is injected into every frame on every URL the user visits, including sensitive subframes (embedded banking portals, OAuth flows, payment iframes). The combination of all_frames: true, the broadest p…	1.0.0
8	Network Interception	low	js/background.js (line 158)	This registers a global `webRequest.onHeadersReceived` listener for every URL the browser visits, despite not performing any visible feature work beyond echoing headers back unchanged. Broad response-header intercepti…	1.0.1
9	Tracking	low	js/background.js (line 11)	The extension generates and persists a unique identifier for each install. A stable per-user ID is a common tracking primitive; while this version does not visibly transmit it, retaining such an identifier increases t…	1.0.1

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www.w3.org	/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/mm/	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
ns.adobe.com	/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef	http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/sType/ResourceRef#
translate.google.com	-	http://translate.google.com/#
mastertranslator.net	/api/install	https://mastertranslator.net/api/install
mastertranslator.net	/uninstall/	https://mastertranslator.net/uninstall/
jquery.com	-	http://jquery.com/
sizzlejs.com	-	http://sizzlejs.com/
jquery.org	/license	http://jquery.org/license

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2.9 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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arcaico y nada funcional. no hace nada en automatico, todo lo tienes que hacer tú. solo funciona de manera manual (copiar y pegar en otra pagina). Eliminado!

Stella W·28 Jan 2025

does not work

Obaida·28 Jan 2025

mantap

Muhammad Rizki Sumantri·12 Jan 2025

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Quick Translator

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