1597784 - Extension Block Request: Add-on's Redirecting to Affiliate Tags

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, task)

Description

[Alice]

Extension name	Add-on's Redirecting to Affiliate Tags
Extension versions affected	<all versions>
Platforms affected	<all platforms>
Block severity	hard

Reason

These add-on's violate the monetization section of the add-on policy. While navigating sites such as amazon these add-on's will open an affiliate link. There is no user interface and it isn't really clear what happened when it occurs. I have seen this activity on many site: (nordstrom.com,walmart.com,amazon.com). Another violation I found their description doesn't match it's functionally, random tabs being open with ad's being shown. I think there may be more add-on's by this developer is there a system you can run to find any additional add-on's like these?

Extension IDs

{333d6dd8-43ed-4f01-944d-b7c737a5db72}
{f5712532-777e-4080-b6b9-d548040f7675}
{abf3f8d7-bc95-4dd5-ab96-c390ad5f8756}
{f769002a-608d-4a8c-adc4-05f4857ff3ae}
{1980667f-9bde-4e7e-8d0c-132db12c1b30}

Additional Information

I found these extensions on these domains:
easypackagetracker.net
formsfast.org
myfileconverter.co
templateguru.co
printrecipes.org
watchtvnow.org

Comment 1

[Alice]

Attachment: Shows the affiliate violation

Added a mp4 showing the violation

Comment 2

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

I've reviewed the code and confirmed this add-on is employing affiliate redirects in violation of our policy.

Comment 3

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

The block has been pushed.

Comment 4

[Philipp Kewisch [:Fallen][📱📆]]

We'll be checking for additional add-ons separately, stay tuned.

Comment 5

[Alice]

Thanks, keep me posted :)