Solved "Price tracker - Otsledit" Chrome web store opens Otsledit tab after

[waynezo]

"Price tracker - Otsledit" Chrome web store opens Otsledit tab after

"Price tracker - Otsledit" Chrome web store opens Otsledit tab after login

Every time I log in to chrome on a new computer a tab opens to chrome web store at the Otsledit page even though I never installed it. how can I fix or block this?

 

[file3456]

I don't mess with Chrome and sync accounts and all that. But it appears perhaps the extension got snuck in by way of a piece of software you installed or from another extension. I wouldn't doubt that it's reporting back to home base all the activity you're doing. I could verify this by testing the extension.

I don't know much about what a Google account is capable of doing, except knowing that it's capable of a lot. What I would first try to do is go into your account and find any option that syncs home pages or what have you.

Actually, I don't think the extension is installed. It's your home page. That needs to change to BLANK. Some extension might have changed it.

Extensions for Chrome, Firefox, et al are made with Web Extension code and it's rife with hack and privacy invading potential.

If you want to use Chrome without Google all up in your biz, check out UnGoogled Chromium at Github. But refrain from adding any extension or signing into any account. Once you do the game is up.

My primary browser is Pale Moon and I keep Firefox and UnGoogled Chromium installed for various needs. All run in Sandboxie which is now free and open source at Github as well.

There's portable Firefox and portable Chrome as well at Portable Apps. Those will allow you to have multiple Internet profiles (in terms of privacy) so to speak.

 

[waynezo]

Thanks for the reply.

Home page is set to "new tab page" and opens normally. Then "otsledit chrome web store tab" opens as a second tab. This only happens on a fresh login and does not repeat. I can't find any settings to remove it since it isn't installed. I wonder if I should try installing and uninstalling otsledit?

 

[RolandJS]

Same thing here. Chrome Web Store remembers the last item typed in the search bar. Clear the search bar, re-pin, lettuce romaine hopeful that solves the problem.

 

[file3456]

I wonder if I should try installing and uninstalling otsledit?

No, I would not do that.

 

[file3456]

Posting this just in case it's related, but I doubt it since this is persistent across computers. Stop Chrome opening two tabs when it starts

Maybe it's malware? [Solved] New Chrome Tabs Open Automatically with Spam Sites

Have you looked over your Google account settings? Not the browser, your Google account.

 

[waynezo]

I was able to email the developer and it turns out I had his calculator extension installed and that was the problem.

"You have one of our extensions installed. When you log into your account on a new computer, our extension is installed and opens the Otsledit page."

Thanks to all who responded

 

[file3456]

Nice unwanted advertisement their on their part...

 

[waynezo]

Nice unwanted advertisement their on their part...

I know, right............The calculator app was lousy too, decimal didn't work. Both apps were chrome store approved so I reported a complaint.

 

[file3456]

Chrome store approved is code for fulfilling the bottom line, and I'm not talking about a one time pad either.

Like I mentioned, Web Extension code is rife with shenanigans. Read my very "crappy" on going topic here.

Pale Moon is the default driver. Ungoogle Chromium for certain things and Firefox for others. Firefox telemetry blocked via the hosts file and OpenDNS. I have no use for that absolute BS on the premise of "privacy." And Brave is probably no better. I run them all in a highly configured now free and open source version of Sandboxie. I have also placed Sandboxie's temp directory in a RAM drive that's rebuilt on Windows reboot. So all that crap is permanently dumped. Doesn't matter much anyway since I deploy FDE (Full Disk Encryption). LOL!

Oh! This is somewhat related to detecting this crap.

 

[waynezo]

Chrome store approved is code for fulfilling the bottom line, and I'm not talking about a one time pad either.

Like I mentioned, Web Extension code is rife with shenanigans. Read my very "crappy" on going topic here.

Pale Moon is the default driver. Ungoogle Chromium for certain things and Firefox for others. Firefox telemetry blocked via the hosts file and OpenDNS. I have no use for that absolute BS on the premise of "privacy." And Brave is probably no better. I run them all in a highly configured now free and open source version of Sandboxie. I have also placed Sandboxie's temp directory in a RAM drive that's rebuilt on Windows reboot. So all that crap is permanently dumped. Doesn't matter much anyway since I deploy FDE (Full Disk Encryption). LOL!

Oh! This is somewhat related to detecting this crap.

Sounds Bulletproof. I am going to check out Pale Moon

 

[file3456]

If you use Pale Moon, just keep a plain vanilla copy of Firefox or Ungoogled Chromium installed for when Pale Moon doesn't work. The reason is primarily due to Pale Moon's user agent and some websites may throw a fuss unless you're not using the big three browsers which is total browser discrimination. It WILL play hell with Google captcha too because of their browser discrimination BS. If you use Ungoogled Chromium, don't add any extensions to it or connect a Google account. Once you do it's not Ungoogled anymore. I have tested this browser (86.0.4240.183 (Developer Build) (32-bit)) using a packet sniffer and there is no trace of Google at all emanating from the browser. Makes sure you verify its download hash with the free program HashCalc.

You could also have several versions of Firefox portable if you want. And there's Chrome portable as well, but that Chrome is full of Google. Portables don't install. You can have several of them. So one for financials, one for online purchases, and one for Internet surfing. Doing this helps minimizes your overall fingerprint, but there's more that needs to be done then that.

Downloads for ungoogled-chromium

Mozilla Firefox, Portable (browser) | PortableApps.com

Google Chrome Portable (web browser) | PortableApps.com

The Pale Moon Project homepage

Pale Moon - Add-ons - Extensions

Help is here: Pale Moon forum - Forum index

 

[file3456]

If you want to block Firefox telemetry via the hosts file or in OpenDNS. Note the Mozilla.org URL is pretty broad. Blocking these domains can block add-on updates and what have you. These are the domains I caught myself thus far. The list may not be complete and could change at any time.

127.0.0.1 www.mozilla.org 
127.0.0.1 download.cdn.mozilla.net 
127.0.0.1 aus5.mozilla.org 
127.0.0.1 download.mozilla.org
127.0.0.1 firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com
127.0.0.1 d2nxq2uap88usk.cloudfront.net
127.0.0.1 proxyserverecs-1736642167.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com
127.0.0.1 locprod2-elb-us-west-2.prod.mozaws.net
127.0.0.1 autopush.prod.mozaws.net
127.0.0.1 prod.pocket.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net
127.0.0.1 prod.detectportal.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net

Nvidia has their telemetry as well. If you want that list, ask.