Closed
Bug 835664
Opened 12 years ago
Closed 11 years ago
Blocklist Yontoo add-on
Categories
(Toolkit :: Blocklist Policy Requests, defect)
Toolkit
Blocklist Policy Requests
Tracking
()
RESOLVED
WONTFIX
People
(Reporter: kmag, Unassigned)
References
()
Details
All I have to say to this one is: urgh. As far as I can tell, the thing is mainly ad injection malware. The c|net installer (linked) bypasses about:newaddon, but it also does other evil stuff, like disabling mixed content warnings unless the user opts out (urgh), presumably so it can display content from HTTP servers on HTTPS sites.
There was a chance to opt out of search engine changes, and leaving those changes in place after uninstall, but those seemed not to change regardless.
This add-on has ~5M ADU, is classified as a "Potentially Unwanted App" by Symantec, and seems to generate a large volume of complaints on support forums.
ID: plugin@yontoo.com
Comment 1•12 years ago
|
||
I just sent them a message through their contact form. I'll revisit this block in 2 weeks.
Comment 2•12 years ago
|
||
They have responded and we're looking into its issues.
Reporter | ||
Comment 3•12 years ago
|
||
Also gets installed by 1ClickDownloader
Comment 4•12 years ago
|
||
(In reply to Kris Maglione [:kmag] from comment #3)
> Also gets installed by 1ClickDownloader
Developer claims they approached 1ClickDownloader about this and resolved the situation. Are there still instances of Yontoo being silently installed?
Reporter | ||
Comment 5•12 years ago
|
||
This is also being side-installed by the Codec Pack installer: http://www.thebestcodecpackapp.com/
Comment 6•12 years ago
|
||
Developer has been contacted.
Comment 7•11 years ago
|
||
Yontoo reports that the add-on has been removed from the Codec Pack installer. Please reopen if the problem reappears.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Reporter | ||
Updated•11 years ago
|
Blocks: sambreel-malware
Assignee | ||
Updated•9 years ago
|
Product: addons.mozilla.org → Toolkit
You need to log in
before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description
•