Closed Bug 1398905 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Malicious addon "privacyassistant" needs blocklisting

Categories

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, enhancement)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Blocklist Policy Requests
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: seburo3, Assigned: jorgev)

Details

The suspect site http://cw2.privacyassistant.net/ext/firefox?cid=96r1m80fogry&trs=hpa&cont=USA&c=10072&z=2401357 features a green "Install Now" to install a suspect add-on for Firefox.

(http://cw2.privacyassistant.net also looks a bit suspect, not sure if anything can be done about this to protect users.)
Clearly the website is trying to mislead users, but I'll open a separate bug to look into that.

The add-on is relatively harmless, adding a Yahoo search provider probably using a referral code to monetize it. However, its name is "SearchAssist Incognito", and description is "Keep your searches private by installing SearchAssist Incognito.", all of which is also misleading. I think that's enough to warrant a block.
Assignee: nobody → jorge
Status: UNCONFIRMED → ASSIGNED
Ever confirmed: true
The block has been staged. Andreas, please push it live.
Flags: needinfo?(awagner)
The block is now live.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Flags: needinfo?(awagner)
Resolution: --- → FIXED
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