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Re: Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

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Post by tdb7893 » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 3:36 PM UTC

abecedarius wrote: post #7

codedokode wrote: post #4

That is why I never install browser extensions.

Do you live without adblock?

It's pretty easy going without adblock. There are a lot of websites without obtrusive ads and it's pretty easy to start to recognize which sites I just don't want to go to anymore.

Re: Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

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Post by hackinthebochs » Mon, Mar 05, 2018, 4:26 PM UTC

rasz wrote: post #37

hackinthebochs wrote: post #13

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I adblock then disable extension updates. The only extension I add.

how do you disable extension updates in chrome?

Blocking updates on chrome is harder than I remember. A couple of ways here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27657617/how-to-disable-...

Another way is to enable developer mode on the extension page then install an unpacked version of the extensions you want.

Re: Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

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Post by codedokode » Tue, Mar 06, 2018, 7:12 AM UTC

radioo7555 wrote: post #34

codedokode wrote: post #23

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Yes, but I have JS disabled on most sites. Regarding adblock, there were posts that it slows the browser down, injects huge CSS rules into every iframe etc.

How do you selectively disable has without an extension?

Chromium can do that. You can disable JS globally in the settings and then there will be a script icon in the address bar to enable it on a specific site.

Re: Adware vendors buy Chrome Extensions to send ad- and malware-filled updates

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Post by rasz » Wed, Mar 07, 2018, 8:07 AM UTC

hackinthebochs wrote: post #42

rasz wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how do you disable extension updates in chrome?

Blocking updates on chrome is harder than I remember. A couple of ways here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27657617/how-to-disable-... Another way is to enable developer mode on the extension page then install an unpacked version of the extensions you want.

manually installing unpacked extensions is the only way that currently works, update_url doesnt work for more than a year, Chrome just calls home on hardcoded IPs.