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

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Volume Booster

ID: fppmlicadeocmoicmhikjncebkcmbhcl

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

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🇩🇰Danish

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🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

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🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

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🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

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🇸🇪Swedish

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🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.7.4

Size

0.07 MB

Rating

4.3/5

Reviews

Users

278,125

Type

Extension

Updated

Nov 22, 2020

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Jaime SumpterView 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

278,125

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Volume Booster - amplify volume up to x5

Do you hate the low volume of audio or video playing on the web? Volume booster can increase the volume up by 500%! - You can boost volume on the single site - You can see the tab playing sound and select the proper volume Due to some technical reasons, it won’t work in full-screen mode.

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Medium1

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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
1.7.4 Code review	2
1.7.3 Code review	4

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.7.4	2
1.7.3	4

Files with findings

3 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js4
manifest.json1
popup/index.html1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Remote Code Loading	critical	background.js (line 39)	The background page dynamically injects a remote Google Tag Manager script into the extension context. Loading remotely hosted JavaScript from an extension background page is a serious supply-chain and post-review abu…	1.7.4
2	Code Injection	high	background.js (line 81)	The background script iterates over all open tabs and injects arbitrary JavaScript strings via `chrome.tabs.executeScript` on every HTTP, HTTPS, and file:// URL. While the current injected code is benign (toggling dis…	1.7.3
3	Remote Code Loading	high	manifest.json (line 20)	The manifest explicitly relaxes the extension CSP to allow remote scripts from Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google APIs. In a Manifest V2 extension, this defeats the normal packaged-code trust model and e…	1.7.4
4	Remote Code Loading	high	popup/index.html (line 8)	The popup page loads CSS from two external CDNs (jsdelivr.net and stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com). The Bulma CDN link (line 8) has no Subresource Integrity (SRI) hash, meaning the CDN provider (or an attacker who compromi…	1.7.3
5	Unauthorized Data Collection	medium	background.js (line 112)	The extension uses `chrome.tabCapture.capture` to obtain a live MediaStream of tab audio. While this is the stated core function, the captured audio stream is processed client-side through a Web Audio API pipeline wit…	1.7.3
6	Other	low	background.js (line 39)	The `audioStates` object, which holds live `AudioContext` and `GainNode` references tied to captured tab audio streams, is explicitly attached to the background page's `window` object. Exposing internal state on the g…	1.7.3

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chrome.google.com	-	https://chrome.google.com
www.googletagmanager.com	/gtm.js	https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-PKF2LPV&l=
clients2.google.com	/service/update2/crx	https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx
www.google-analytics.com	-	https://www.google-analytics.com
www.googletagmanager.com	-	https://www.googletagmanager.com
*.googleapis.com;	-	https://*.googleapis.com;
cdn.jsdelivr.net	/npm/[email protected]/css/bulma.min.css	https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/css/bulma.min.css
stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com	/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css	https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css

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4.1 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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It is so goooood!! I use this on Google Meat. Gooooooood!!

kdh 8219·29 May 2021

It made the video quality more choppy the audio comes out after the video's actions

VicXs Pulido·25 Apr 2021

please do not use it ,the booster just destroying the sound and after a minute of use you cant hear anything

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Μιχαηλ Αγγελος Νεοφυτος·29 Mar 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Volume Booster

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