Adblock for YouTube™Security Analysis

Chromev2.7MV3February 16, 2026 at 03:37 PM
9.5CRITICAL
9.5 CRITICAL

This extension shows critical risk indicators. It requests highly sensitive permissions combined with suspicious code patterns. Proceed with extreme caution.

Based on 6 permissions including high-risk ones, 46 code findings, 2 dangerous combinations.

Dangerous Combinations(2)

HIGHTab tracking + external communication

Extension tracks open tabs and communicates with external servers — potential browsing surveillance.

tabs+external network request
CRITICALAll-sites access + keyboard capture

Extension has access to all sites and captures keyboard input — behavior consistent with a keylogger.

<all_urls>+keylogger_pattern
Permissions
10.0/10
Code
10.0/10
Combinations
10.0/10
Manifest/CSP
4.5/10

Permissions(6 analyzed)

Code Findings(16 patterns, 46 total)

Libraries(4 detected)

4 libraries detected

Content Security Policy

No CSP Defined(1 issue)
MEDIUM
N/ANo CSP defined

This extension does not define a Content Security Policy. A CSP helps prevent XSS and code injection attacks.

Manifest Analysis(1 finding)

Resolved from __MSG_* i18n placeholders:

Name: Adblock for YouTube™

Description: Remove all ads from YouTube. Block ads and pop-unders on YouTube videos and remove all other types of ads. Make YouTube work faster.

MEDIUM
web_accessible_resources.matchesOverly broad match patterns

Web-accessible resources use <all_urls> or wildcard patterns, exposing resources to every website.

External Domains(4)

getadblock.sitegithub.comstewart.getadblock.sitewww.example.com

Indicators of Compromise

23 indicators of compromise found

File Statistics

63
Total Files
5
JS Files
1.0 MB
Total Size

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