Security Issue: Installing extensions on chrome and can't detect removed

[lilcsz]

lilcsz last edited by

If the malware extension is removed in Chrome, opera cannot detect it. On October 18, the extension "Nano Adblock & Nano Defender" collected all cookies from Instagram and hacked 100K accounts.

Btw how to disable auto extension update?

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @lilcsz last edited by

@lilcsz said in Security Issue: Installing extensions on chrome and can't detect removed:

If the malware extension is removed in Chrome, opera cannot detect it.

If you remove them from Chrome, that has nothing to do with Opera. Are you saying they were blacklisted/removed from the Chrome webstore and Opera didn't detect and remove them when it checked for updates?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by A Former User

Opera has its own "blacklist" of extension IDs. It also contains the IDs of some CWS extensions. I agree that in the case of "Nano Adblock & Nano Defender" it is necessary to blacklist these IDs in Opera, then these already installed extensions will no longer work in Opera. I know about this case. Ugly.

[lilcsz]

lilcsz @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Yes blacklisted chrome webstore extensions

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Opera's working on adding the extensions to its blacklist. Sit tight.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Thank you, I got it. Until recently, it was possible to see a "blacklist" of extension IDs for the Opera at: https://extension-updates.opera.com/static/omaha/blacklist.txt
There is no such possibility now.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by burnout426

@johnd78 said in Security Issue: Installing extensions on chrome and can't detect removed:

Thank you, I got it.

You're seeing the IDs of the Nano Adblocker and Nano Defender extensions in Secure Preferences showing them as blacklisted then?

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426
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These extensions are not currently blacklisted.

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by

Testing with a fresh profile at least and clicking "update" (with developer mode on) in opera://extensions, I now see those IDs with blacklisted set to true.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 Now yes. I now see those IDs with blacklisted set to true. Apparently there was an update schedule.

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@johnd78 But only on a clean profile. As far as I remember, there is a prescribed period for updating the "black list" of extensions for the existing profile.