Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

This extension was removed from the Chrome Web Store as malware. Do not install it.Extension: Web for Instagram (with DM)

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Web for Instagram (with DM)

ID: lcnhdebfcdfbifgkkofhmalbiglindgi

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻Latvian

🇱🇹Lithuanian

🇲🇾Malay

🇮🇳Malayalam

🇮🇳Marathi

🇳🇴Norwegian

🇵🇱Polish

🇵🇹Portuguese

🇷🇴Romanian

🇷🇺Russian

🇷🇸Serbian

🇸🇰Slovak

🇸🇮Slovenian

🇪🇸Spanish

🇸🇪Swedish

🇮🇳Tamil

🇮🇳Telugu

🇹🇭Thai

🇹🇷Turkish

🇺🇦Ukrainian

🇺🇸US English

🇻🇳Vietnamese

Extension Info & Metadata

Status

Removed

Version

1.0.5

Size

0.24 MB

Rating

4.4/5

Reviews

763

Users

377,927

Type

Extension

Updated

Jun 14, 2021

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: Web AppView 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

377,927

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This is better than a mobile version of Instagram! View or upload your IG Stories and other functions directly in your browser.

It is the simple browser extension that will help you quickly post or just watch your friend’s updates. FEATURES: ✓ Post photos from your PC. - You can easily upload photo/video file from your computer. ✓ Upload stories. - Share the most significant moments with your friends. ✓ View stories of users you don't follow. - Can go to any user's profile and view their story or post, even if you don't follow them. ✓ Take a screenshot. - Quick screenshots on Instagram without installing additional extensions. Everything is very simple. Extension have Night mode, if you like to browse at night on a laptop or you just like dark colors then this feature for you! It’s more comfortable for your eyes and even esthetically pleasing. It brings even more focus on a beautiful content the social network provides. We will be glad to see your feedback or suggestions for improving the work of the extension! Please contact us if there is any problem or suggestion.

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Extracted Data

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High6

Medium5

Low1

Versions scanned

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
1.0.3 Code review	6
1.0.1 Code review	6

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.0.3	6
1.0.1	6

Files with findings

5 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

background.js6
js/replace.js2
manifest.json2
js/browser.js1
js/instaLinkListener.js1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Code Injection	high	manifest.json (line 33)	The extension explicitly enables 'unsafe-eval' in its Content Security Policy, allowing dynamic JavaScript evaluation via eval(), new Function(), or setTimeout/setInterval with string arguments. This bypasses a key br…	1.0.1
2	Code Injection	high	js/replace.js (line 1)	This script dynamically injects a <script> element directly into the page DOM (document.documentElement.appendChild) to override navigator.userAgent using the deprecated __defineGetter__ API, bypassing the extension's…	1.0.1
3	Tracking	high	background.js (line 72)	The extension phones home to `webforig.com` with a persistent UUID, extension ID, version, timestamp, and lifecycle event, then opens any URL returned by the server in a new tab. This is a remote-controlled behavior c…	1.0.3
4	Tracking	high	js/browser.js (line 1)	This content script is injected into every page the user visits (matches: ':///*') and immediately sends a 'getUid' message to the background, effectively pinging the background script with a user-tracking action on…	1.0.1
5	Tracking	high	js/instaLinkListener.js (line 1)	This script is injected into ALL pages across ALL frames (matches: '<all_urls>', all_frames: true) and installs a persistent MutationObserver that monitors every DOM change on every website visited. It intercepts ever…	1.0.1
6	Unauthorized Data Collection	high	background.js (line 134)	This code continuously measures usage time (`mt`/`lt`) and sends it with a persistent UID to a remote config endpoint, then accepts and stores arbitrary server-supplied configuration. The behavior is suspicious becaus…	1.0.3
7	Code Injection	medium	js/replace.js (line 1)	This content script injects an inline script into the page at `document_start` to redefine `navigator.userAgent`. Injecting page-context code to spoof browser identity is a code-injection pattern that helps the extens…	1.0.3
8	Network Interception	medium	background.js (line 51)	The extension uses blocking `webRequest` interception to rewrite outgoing Instagram request headers and impersonate a mobile browser. Altering request headers at this level is a powerful capability and is suspicious b…	1.0.3
9	Network Interception	medium	background.js (line 64)	The extension uses webRequestBlocking to intercept and rewrite the User-Agent header on all Instagram network requests before they are sent, spoofing the browser as a specific Android device. While the stated intent i…	1.0.1
10	Tracking	medium	background.js (line 92)	The uninstall URL embeds a persistent UID and extension metadata into a request to the vendor domain when the user removes the extension. That is a classic uninstall-tracking pattern and is not required for core Insta…	1.0.3
11	Tracking	medium	background.js (line 7)	On both install and update, the extension creates a persistent userData object containing a generated unique user ID, the installation timestamp, and an empty events array. The presence of an 'events' array that is in…	1.0.1
12	Code Injection	low	manifest.json (line 59)	The manifest explicitly enables `unsafe-eval` and grants broad powers including `<all_urls>`, `webRequest`, and `webRequestBlocking`. Even if not directly exploited elsewhere in this sample, this combination materiall…	1.0.3

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webforig.com	/api/action/	https://webforig.com/api/action/
webforig.com	/api/config/	https://webforig.com/api/config/
webforig.com	/uninstall/	https://webforig.com/uninstall/
www.instagram.com	-	https://www.instagram.com/
*	/*	http:///
*	/*	https:///
www.instagram.com	/tv/upload/	https://www.instagram.com/tv/upload/
cdn.mxpnl.com	/libs/mixpanel-2-latest.min.js	https://cdn.mxpnl.com/libs/mixpanel-2-latest.min.js
jquery.com	-	http://jquery.com/
sizzlejs.com	-	http://sizzlejs.com/

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2.5 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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I was using this app because of the download feature, but the feature has disappeared so there is no reason to use it anymore.

K.H. SIM·21 Jun 2021

Uhhhh WHY DID YOU GUYS REMOVE THE DOWNLOAD IMAGES OPTION WTFFF???

Overci†y [9th Quardrant]‱꧄·17 Jun 2021

突然不能保存图片了��没有下载��口

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苏杰·15 Jun 2021

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Web for Instagram (with DM)

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