Is Ad Blocker Pro safe?

Question

Accepted Answer

Ad Blocker Pro is high risk. The extension polls a remote server every 24 hours and on install. When the server returns a 'rules' key in its JSON response, the extension wipes its entire declarativeNetRequest ruleset and installs the server-supplied rules instead — with no version check, no signature, and no user consent. A confirmed traffic capture shows the server actively exercising this capability: it returned two rules that redirect traffic from over 4,600 domains to a local extension page and block another 1,485 domains. Because the extension holds <all_urls> host permissions and the declarativeNetRequest API applies to every tab, the server can redirect, block, or allow any web traffic in the browser at will — without notifying the user or requiring a Chrome Web Store update.

Is Ad Blocker Pro - stop invasive ads safe?

Findings