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Tagged with browser-extensions malware
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How to determine which Chrome extension is re-directing me to ad sites
Twice now, seemingly randomly, I've been redirected to an ad site.
I believe it has occurred both times when I have a new tab open, type what I'm searching for (Google is my default search engine), ...
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Security of Third Party Plugins in Thunderbird
In Thunderbird (a popular open source email client), there is an extension store similar to Mozilla Firefox which adds further functionality to the client. Mozilla has an article detailing the ...
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Would it be a big security vulnerability if someone wrote a browser extension to retrieve personal information on Google's behalf?
I am a 6th grader working in a project and came across the following question:
On most browsers, you can inject JavaScript code into the browser, for example by typing in javascript:alert('Injecting ...
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Browser setups to stay safe from malware and unwanted stuff
I have to set up a browser to surf the internet. I'm trying to stay safe from malware as much as possible. (I already know that there's no way to stay 100% safe.)
My idea is to use Firefox with these ...
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Installed sketchy Chrome extension - Potential malware infection?
So... Tired me was browsing through Ikea's website this morning and tried to use one of their visualisation tool. Got an error message saying that I was not running the lastest version of Adobe Flash. ...
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I found a browser extension I don't trust installed, should I worry?
Someone told me that their Firefox had a strange new menu bar.
I found that it was “FindYourMaps”.
FindYourMaps is a deceptive browser toolbar that supposedly allows users to find driving ...
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Help! What is this remote takeover / malware from a pop up, and what does it do? [duplicate]
I was recently on yts.pe a torrent distribution site. When I clicked on a torrent, there was a pop up, which Chrome totally didn't block, even though it is set to block all pop-ups.
Here are the ...
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Is Chromebleed still needed?
I've been running 'Chromebleed' for years now ... is it still needed? The latest advice I've found on various sites is now over 18 months old.
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Chrome/ Opera: How to trace and single out this Malware in Browser Extensions? caused by Tab Manager
There have been lot of articles about legitimate chrome/ opera extensions that get sold out to malicious parties that end up pushing the wrong kind of code down the pipe, since by default these ...
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Is NoScript bad? [closed]
I just came to know about NoScript, but after installing it opened the author's homepage with an advert for 'SpeedUpMyPC' that pointed to a UniBlue website, which I found fishy. Googling turned up ...
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Why browser hijacker changes the homepage to yahoo [closed]
I have seen many browser hijacker like istartsurf, ask.com which changes the victim's search engine to yahoo. Why many(almost all) browser hijacker changes the search engines to yahoo. Is there any ...
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Protecting users with browser extension. Is it possible, if the machine is already infected?
Assume a trojan acquired admin privilege on a Windows 7 machine.
How easy is it for the trojan to replace/hijack/modify a browser extension without user knowing it? Is it possible?
I am thinking of ...
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Are official browser add-ons really safe?
Almost any browser addon/extension that I install on my Chrome or Firefox (be it Firebug, RESTClient, ...) warns me, saying:
It [the add-on] can:
Access your data on all website
Access ...
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How securely use Firefox Add-on to prevent steal data?
Some videos on YouTube demonstrate how a Firefox extension can collect login information used to login to websites such as Facebook.
After installing this tool/malware as Firefox Add-on, I observed ...
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Find malware in browser extensions
How can I check if an extension/addon consist of malware code? Is it easy to detect if it collects sensitive data (like spyware), logging keystrokes and so on? Can AV recognize malware extension as "...
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