Closed
Bug 1362553
Opened 8 years ago
Closed 8 years ago
Malicious addon "privacy2browsing" needs blocklisting
Categories
(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)
Tracking
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RESOLVED
FIXED
People
(Reporter: seburo3, Assigned: jorgev)
Details
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:55.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/55.0
Build ID: 20170505100657
Steps to reproduce:
The suspect site https://m.privacy2browsing.com/ext/ features a blue "Install Now" to install a suspect add-on for Firefox.
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Comment 1•8 years ago
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It looks like the add-on hijacks search queries sent to popular engines (Google, Ask, etc.) and redirects them to their own, presumably to gain referral credit. It doesn't appear to do anything else useful. The installation page is also very misleading in its presentation.
Assignee: nobody → jorge
Status: UNCONFIRMED → ASSIGNED
Ever confirmed: true
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Comment 2•8 years ago
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Add-on ID: @safesearchscoutee
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Comment 3•8 years ago
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The block has been staged. Andreas, please confirm and publish.
Flags: needinfo?(awagner)
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Comment 4•8 years ago
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The block is now live.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(awagner)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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