Adguard? Is it safe to use or not?

system · 2015-04-19T06:55:39.000Z

Hi. I too had that issue in Opera with Adguard extension. Sometimes i got the popup when i opened Opera, or later, when i opened a random webpage. Now i dont get the message since i removed Adguard. My question is: Am i safe? Was that a false-positive? Can i have it still lurking in my system if not?

Eddy · 2015-04-19T08:29:57.000Z

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0

system · 2015-04-19T19:48:05.000Z

what does this mean? :o it would be a lot more simple to just answer my question. or at least burp something , like: “post in that topic”, or “wrong category”.

Pondus · 2015-04-19T19:53:06.000Z

what does this mean?

It means, follow instructions and attach the requested logs, then a malware expert will answer your question(s)

system · 2015-04-19T20:02:47.000Z

ah all right, let me get those logs

polonus · 2015-04-19T20:22:59.000Z

Read here what kind of intrusion has happened. Chrome should keep such abuse at bay!
http://blog.elevenpaths.com/2015/04/fake-adblocks-in-chrome-web-store-leads.html
Fake Adguard code in backgroind js.file :

To check extensions: chrome-extension://lkakdehcmmnojcdalpkfgmhphnicaonm/options.html#

polonus

system · 2015-04-19T20:34:33.000Z

I don’t use Chrome, i use Opera. here are the logs, hope i did everything as i was supposed to do.

polonus · 2015-04-19T20:42:40.000Z

Opera is also being affected - it is with some adguard IP address.
See:
http://www.herdprotect.com/adguardadblockeradguard.com.xpi-04c34ab118027ecf0fb076a083dac03d2c7c90bb.aspx

The threat: http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedia/entry.aspx?Name=Trojan:HTML/Redirector.BB

pol

system · 2015-04-19T20:47:20.000Z

so basically it’s best not to use any ad blocker extensions?

polonus · 2015-04-19T20:52:26.000Z

It is best not to use adguard for the moment, until the abuse has ceased, you can safely use uBlock,
a decent adblocker I prefer over ABP.
For your Opera browser uninstall adguard and install uBlock from here:
https://addons.opera.com/nl/extensions/details/ublock/?display=en

kind regards,

polonus

essexboy · 2015-04-19T20:55:11.000Z

Logs look clean

system · 2015-04-19T20:57:11.000Z

thanks very much to the both of you, i already installed uBlock just now. Have a nice day!

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