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

CRITICAL RISKRemoved from Chrome Web Store

Youtube Adblock

ID: kfcdniokcciaeklbdeggjpnefacboinb

Could be malicious

Supported Languages

🇪🇹Amharic

🇸🇦Arabic

🇧🇩Bengali

🇧🇷Brazilian Portuguese

🇬🇧British English

🇧🇬Bulgarian

🇪🇸Catalan

🇨🇳Chinese (Simplified)

🇹🇼Chinese (Traditional)

🇭🇷Croatian

🇨🇿Czech

🇩🇰Danish

🇳🇱Dutch

🇺🇸English

🇪🇪Estonian

🇵🇭Filipino

🇫🇮Finnish

🇫🇷French

🇩🇪German

🇬🇷Greek

🇮🇳Gujarati

🇮🇱Hebrew

🇮🇳Hindi

🇭🇺Hungarian

🇮🇩Indonesian

🇮🇹Italian

🇯🇵Japanese

🇰🇷Korean

🇲🇽Latin American Spanish

🇱🇻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

1.4

Size

0.21 MB

Rating

4.4/5

Reviews

168

Users

40,000

Type

Extension

Updated

Mar 28, 2024

Publisher Contextual Analysis

Author: https://sites.google.com/view/adblockfreeyoutub/homeView Profile
Privacy: Privacy Policy
Help: Help Center
MX records exist: Yes
Domain exists: Yes
Is disposable: No
Is role-based: No
Mailbox exists: Yes
Website: Visit

Total Extensions

Active

Obsolete

Listed

Unlisted

Total Users

40,000

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Block YouTube™ ads,pop-ups & fight malware!Experience ad-free with our Adblock Chrome extension.

You can enjoy uninterrupted viewing of your favorite videos without any ads or distractions. Extension designed to improve your browsing experience by reducing internet history and protecting your computer memory while browsing. It prevents ads from loading and slows down the source code to improve your browser performance. Easy to install and use, and it requires no code knowledge, making it accessible to everyone. The extension prevents spyware from tracking your activity and collecting your data. It removes any base embed tracking code and ensures that your IP address and browsing habits are protected. When you will atach to your browser you'll notice a significant improvement in your browsing performance. It provides a complete and efficient solution to block ads and personalize your video experience. The extension is completely free and does not require any premium or server access. Is a must-have extension for anyone who wants to enjoy their video and audio experience without any annoying ads or pop-ups. We participate in different affiliate programs, so this extension can redirect the accessed links to different affiliate programs.

User Growth

Showing data from Mar 19, 2023 to Jul 31, 2024

Versions

+57.72%(+14,638 users)

Compared to Jun 17, 2023

3 versions released in this period

Rating Count

Total: 168 ratings+1 (1%)

Average Rating

Current: 4.39 / 5.0+4.39

Extracted Data

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By severity

Critical4

High1

Medium2

Low0

Versions scanned

Showing 1 of 3 scanned versions with more than one unique finding. Counts are unique findings that include each version.

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.0 Code review	7

Extension Version	Code Review Findings
1.0	7

Files with findings

3 distinct paths — top paths by unique finding count:

list/background.js4
js/background.js2
manifest.json1

S.No.	Category	Severity	File	Summary	Found in Version
1	Data Exfiltration	critical	list/background.js (line 1)	Exfiltrates URLs the user visits to an attacker-controlled C2 server (gidanapi.ro) using a hard-coded API key. This is browsing-history exfiltration unrelated to the extension's stated YouTube ad-blocking purpose.	1.0
2	Network Interception	critical	list/background.js (line 79)	Hijacks any tab navigation by silently rewriting the destination URL according to attacker-supplied regex/replacement rules. This enables search hijacking, affiliate-link injection, or redirection to phishing/maliciou…	1.0
3	Remote Code Loading	critical	list/background.js (line 19)	Pulls remote redirect rules and keyword lists from an external C2 server (gidanapi.ro) at runtime. The extension behavior is fully attacker-controlled and can be changed silently after install — classic remote-configu…	1.0
4	Tracking	critical	list/background.js (line 79)	Globally surveils every tab navigation across all sites (host permissions are https:///) and reports URLs matching attacker-controlled keywords back to gidanapi.ro. Functions as broad browsing-behavior tracking with…	1.0
5	Privilege Escalation	high	manifest.json (line 61)	Requests broad host access to every HTTPS site plus a hard-coded plaintext-HTTP IP (3.234.237.16, an AWS EC2 address). Neither is needed for a YouTube ad-blocker and the IP host enables unencrypted callbacks to an att…	1.0
6	Tracking	medium	js/background.js (line 1479)	Generates and persists a per-install UUID ('cid') in chrome.storage and reports it to Google Analytics (UA-212417220-1) on every background load. This creates a stable cross-session device fingerprint used for trackin…	1.0
7	Tracking	medium	js/background.js (line 1548)	On install, opens a tracking landing page on ladnet.co keyed by the extension ID, and registers an uninstall-tracking URL on the same external domain. Combined with the gidanapi.ro telemetry, this attributes each inst…	1.0

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URLs

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getbootstrap.com	-	https://getbootstrap.com/
github.com	/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE	https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE
fonts.googleapis.com	/css2	https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;700&display=swap
www.w3.org	/2000/svg	http://www.w3.org/2000/svg
github.com	/uuidjs/uuid	https://github.com/uuidjs/uuid#getrandomvalues-not-supported
developer.mozilla.org	/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage	https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/onMessage
www.google-analytics.com	/collect	https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?${new
ladnet.co	/$%7Bchrome.runtime.id%7D/thanks.html%60%7D	https://ladnet.co/${chrome.runtime.id}/thanks.html`}
ladnet.co	/$%7Bchrome.runtime.id%7D/uninstall.html%60	https://ladnet.co/${chrome.runtime.id}/uninstall.html`
gidanapi.ro	/api/extension/get-status/	https://gidanapi.ro/api/extension/get-status/

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3.234.237.16	IPv4	-

3.0 out of 5 · 10 most recent reviews

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The video will totally black out if the ads showed during the videos

Ka Ka·16 Jul 2024

Solo funciona aveces (por ahora)

Alejandro Da Silva·15 Jun 2024

does not block ads properly

SadiMohammad Sourov·19 Apr 2024

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Security Alert: Confirmed Malware

Youtube Adblock

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