osx - Unwanted redirects in chrome
2014-07
When I type a search in chrome on OS X it automatically does another search after I hit enter. This seems like malware. I found a few extensions in chrome that I did not install -- and I removed them. Many of the extensions listed in this article were in my chrome http://botcrawl.com/how-to-remove-amazon-shopping-assistant-by-spigot/
I uninstalled chrome by dragging the application to the trash -- then reinstalled.
I ran a scan with sophos that did not find any malware.
What else can I do to fix this problem? Is there a chrome setting that might be causing this problem? Chrome searches for hbo go after I hit enter.
Is there any extension to Chrome that will let me force a URL from a particular domain to be redirected to another domain?
(E.g. Redirect http://www.google.com
to https://encrypted.google.com
.)
Note: I'm looking for an arbitrary redirector, not KB SSL Enforcer, which only works for the specific task of redirecting to HTTPS.
I had built a Chrome extension which does this.
Note: I built this for just 2 sites - just for the heck of it - by no means it's professional quality™. Please don't flame me for crappy code :)
Edit: Updated to manifest v2, which brings in certain additional restrictions.
manifest.json
{
"name": "URL Redirect",
"version": "0.2",
"description": "Checks URL and redirects as required.",
"background": {
"page":"bg.html"
},
"manifest_version": 2,
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"],
"js": ["content.js"]
}
],
"permissions": ["tabs"]
}
bg.html
<html>
<script src="redirect.js"></script>
</html>
redirect.js
chrome.extension.onRequest.addListener(function(request, sender) {
chrome.tabs.update(sender.tab.id, {url: request.redirect});
});
content.js
var pattern=/\bBlocked/;
var viewtext_base_url = "http://viewtext.org/article?url=";
var newurl;
if (pattern.test(window.document.title)) // if it matches pattern defined above
{
newurl = viewtext_base_url + encodeURIComponent(window.location.href);
chrome.extension.sendRequest({redirect: newurl}); // send message to redirect
}
To install this, create files with filenames as mentioned above the codeblock.
Once all 3 files are created, Click on Chrome Menu → Tools → Extensions. Click the "+" on Developer Mode. Click on Load Unpacked extension and point to the directory where the files are stored.
Edit the files are required, and uninstall and reinstall the extension as mentioned above
I have developed a pre packaged user friendly redirector called Switcheroo if you're interested:
Setup custom redirect rules for any http request i.e pages, scripts, images etc. Uses a simple string replace to do this.
A bit late, but this extension should surely do the trick: Redirector.
And it's an arbitrary redirector.
I know I am a bit late in the game to answer this question Still I would like to answer this for future readers. Have a look at
Requestly - A Chrome Extension to modify Network Requests.
Currently, You can setup rules for
- Redirect a request URL to another url.
- Block some requests.
Screenshots for more understanding:
- List of Rules
- New Redirect Rule
There are lot of things in roadmap to be covered in requestly like
- Setting custom headers
- Switching User Agents
- Setting parameters in request
.. and a lot more.
PS: I have created this So you can blame me if you do not find this helpful :)