Extension Block Request: Google Translate
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(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, task)
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(Reporter: heavenepic, Assigned: Fallen)
Details
| Extension name | Google Translate |
| Extension versions affected | 1.2 |
| Platforms affected | <all platforms> |
| Block severity | hard |
Reason
Kaspersky reports this extension as malware and it sometimes spikes my CPU to 100%. When I tried to inspect the javascript code, it seems to be heavily obfuscated so I am not able to understand its logic. But for what it is doing (adding search google translate option to right click menu), the code shouldn't be much complicated. Plus the author claims it was "developed by the Google Translator team". I highly doubt that.
Extension IDs
{f959a2e9-f211-424b-b0cd-ea7ecf269753}
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Updated•6 years ago
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Comment 1•6 years ago
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From a brief look I haven't been able to identify anything obviously malicious. Can you provide further information on what Kaspersky says, e.g. which file is an issue? Also, can you confirm version 1.2 is the one you have installed?
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Comment 2•6 years ago
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I installed the latest so it should be version 1.2.
I've already uninstalled it but Kaspersky is reporting 1) "code injection" from unknown source (or something like that) and 2) sending pings to malicious domain.
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Comment 3•6 years ago
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Ok, I've gone through this add-on and others like it. It seems these are copied from an add-on on the Chrome Store. There is indeed a script injection, though it does not seem like the policies are intentionally violated. For this reason I'm handling this via a standard rejection instead.
I'd suggest to look for a different translation add-on that handles translation. Thanks for the report!
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Updated•6 years ago
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