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0x48piraj / fadblock

Friendly Adblock for YouTube: A fast, lightweight, and undetectable YouTube Ads Blocker for Chrome, Opera and Firefox.
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Since a few days ago, fadblock doesn't block ads anymore (I'm on Firefox) #167

Closed Genryuu111 closed 2 months ago

Genryuu111 commented 4 months ago

Not that it counts but I paid for the extension. Very simply, it stopped working a few days ago. I'm on Firefox, Windows 10.

iam-py-test commented 4 months ago

The original author of this extension sold it, and the new owners turned it into malware: https://github.com/0x48piraj/fadblock/issues/157 I would strongly recommend you uninstall it, change all of your passwords, and invalidate all login sessions for your accounts. Thank you

Genryuu111 commented 4 months ago

Well shit. Thank you very much!

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The original author of this extension sold it, and the new owners turned it into malware: #157 https://github.com/0x48piraj/fadblock/issues/157 I would strongly recommend you uninstall it, change all of your passwords, and invalidate all login sessions for your accounts. Thank you

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MGuerrera commented 4 months ago

@iam-py-test have you by any chance examined the code of the corrupted extension? Doesn't it just involve Facebook and Instagram sessions?

iam-py-test commented 4 months ago

I have not (yet). I think people who did said it only involved Meta platforms, but there is no harm in changing the passwords to other platforms just in case. Thanks

visyan commented 4 months ago

Not that it counts but I paid for the extension. Very simply, it stopped working a few days ago. I'm on Firefox, Windows 10.

There is a new version of the extension, called FadBlock origin, published by the original owner (should be clean of malware) But it doesn't skip the ads anymore... I'm on chrome. Google probably changed some things, breaking the script..

0x48piraj commented 4 months ago

Thanks @visyan. The version is clean and as it has been always, I will see the changes when it gets deployed globally or I get some reports so I can fix it.

Edit: @MGuerrera, I have, and it's here: https://github.com/0x48piraj/fadblock/issues/157. Could you read the conversation? There are multiple investigations and reports there. @iam-py-test, always post the details with context.

0x48piraj commented 4 months ago

Also, the Firefox version was never sold - so it was safe from the jump and is. So don't worry about that. You can see it for yourself.

Rynn21 commented 4 months ago

Not that it counts but I paid for the extension. Very simply, it stopped working a few days ago. I'm on Firefox, Windows 10.

Delete anything to do with Fadblock. It's not a trustworthy extension.

They can stay petty while we move on to good extensions. We know what really happened and their activity.

Rynn21 commented 4 months ago

@iam-py-test have you by any chance examined the code of the corrupted extension? Doesn't it just involve Facebook and Instagram sessions?

It's a good idea anyways to change your passwords periodically. It's probably just Meta, but I'd rather play it safe.

0x48piraj commented 4 months ago

Sure, delete it and use other extensions most of which lifted this exact codebase lol. Anyway, it was my fault for giving away the extension to a third party without realizing that 99% of the extension-developing industry is greedy (and stupid).