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Our reviewer found behaviour consistent with malware, but not enough to confirm it. Treat this extension as untrusted until it has been re-reviewed.

1 high-severity finding in this extension’s code

1 high
9 indicators
1 version analysed

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What our analysis found

Subscription Bar Remover For Youtube is rated caution by Extension Auditor. Our code review reported 1 finding (1 high), led by code injection. It comes from a trusted publisher and was last updated in August 2012.

Key findings

  • High

    Code Injection

    Seven functions (adss through adss9) inject iframes serving ads under the developer's own AdSense publisher ID (ca-pub-4964645743880589) into YouTube's existing ad DOM containers. This replaces YouTube's legitimate ad revenue with the extension developer's revenue. The behavior is completely undisclosed in the CWS listing — the extension claims only to remove the subscription bar — making this covert ad rather than a disclosed ad-supported feature.

Analyst notes

The extension claims only to remove YouTube's subscription bar and stop autoplay, but lines 18–77 contain seven undisclosed functions (adss through adss9) that silently replace multiple YouTube ad containers (google_companion_ad_div, user_branded_side_column_image, watch-channel-brand-div, watch-longform-ad, ad300x250, instream_google_companion_ad_div, homepage-sidebar-ads) with iframes pointing to [domain withheld] using the developer's own AdSense publisher ID ca-pub-4964645743880589. This is a classic ad-hijacking scheme: the extension monetizes users by stealing YouTube's ad inventory without any CWS disclosure. The ML score (0.29 medium) and third-party score () both underestimate the risk because ad-injection behavior does not heavily trigger permission-based signals; however, the publisher's 19% malicious-extension rate among their other 27 works corroborates the finding, and the code itself is unambiguous. Notably, the 'legitimate' functionality (GM_addStyle) is a Greasemonkey API that does not exist in Chrome extensions and would silently fail, suggesting the legitimate feature may be vestigial while the ad injection is the actual payload.

Subscription Bar Remover For Youtube

Subscription Bar Remover For Youtube Chrome extension security report

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Supported Languages

🇺🇸English

Extension Info & Metadata

Status
Removed
Version
2.1.15
Size
0.30 MB
Rating
4.5/5
Reviews
96
Users
407
Type
Extension
Updated
Aug 27, 2012
Category
Workflow & planning
Price
Free
Featured
No
Visibility
Unlisted
Mature
No
By Google
No
Trusted
Yes
This publisherTrack record
30extensions
10 no longer listed

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Trusted
Author
Adam
Country
GB
MX records exist
Yes
Domain exists
Yes
Is disposable
No
Is role-based
No
Mailbox exists
Yes
Address
1 Upsall Grove Stockton-on-Tees TS19 7BN GB
Website
Visit
Extensions
30
Active
15
Obsolete
10
Listed
17
Unlisted
13
Users
106,398

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Item
Type
Severity
Description
Contextual Risk Factors
Risk Factor
High
The following context increases the overall risk:• 15% increase: Older manifest version lacks modern security controls
Older Manifest Version
Risk Factor
Medium
This extension uses Manifest Version 2
  • 1 high

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1 high-severity finding in this extension’s code

1 high
9 indicators
1 version analysed

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About this extension

Removes Youtube's New Subscription Bar And Autoplay.

Read the publisher’s full description

Removes Youtube's New Subscriptions Bar & Stops Auto Playing The Next video. Firefox Version: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/82587 Tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX1-Fr8-Afs If you find errors please comment on http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=q3k6q1KN5E8

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1 high-severity finding in this extension’s code

1 high
9 indicators
1 version analysed

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Version
Size
Verdict
Findings
Permhash
2.1.15
Latest
0.30 MBCaution0N/A
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