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What sort of "antiviruses" inject stuff in browsers? Do they inject their own JS? This is the first I've heard of this and would like to know more.
by vtange 9y ago
What sort of "antiviruses" inject stuff in browsers? Do they inject their own JS? This is the first I've heard of this and would like to know more.
- scrollaway 9y agoShitty browser extensions mostly. It's like 99% of our sentry errors as well.
- TheAceOfHearts 9y agoI don't remember which vendors were causing it, but yes, many inject their own JS, causing things to break and exceptions to be thrown. Here's a StackExchange question: "How to disable Kaspersky Antivirus javascript injection?" [0]. And on Reddit: "PSA: Kaspersky injects remote javascript into all your pages. Even secure ones." [1]. [0] https://superuser.com/questions/981959/how-to-disable-kaspersky-antivirus-javascript-injection https://superuser.com/questions/981959/how-to-disable-kasper... [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3frjqw/psa_kaspersky_injects_remote_javascript_into_all/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/3frjqw/psa_kaspers...
- chairmankaga 9y agoCan also attest to this, had plenty of head-scratching issues before I realized on my home computer using kaspersky why our app was breaking.