check-browser-hijack

check-browser-hijack is a command for Claude Code from DeepBitsTechnology/claude-plugins. It costs 21 tokens per session (1,034 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A command that checks installed web browsers for browser hijacking, where unwanted software changes the homepage, search engine, or extensions. It examines settings and extension files in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer, Brave, and Opera.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect browser preferences, search providers, homepages, installed extensions, extension developers, permissions, and suspicious URLs.
Why use it?
It helps find unauthorized browser changes that can redirect searches, alter startup pages, or add unsafe extensions. The checks point to specific settings and extension permissions that may reveal the problem.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the drbinary-chat-plugin plugin — 2 skills, 7 commands, 1 agent, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to inspect browser preferences, search providers, homepages, installed extensions, extension developers, permissions, and suspicious URLs.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/deepbitstechnology/claude-plugins/check-browser-hijack
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DeepBitsTechnology/claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install drbinary-chat-plugin, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 skills, 7 commands, 1 agent, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 21 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,034 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00021 $0.01034
Opus 5.5 $0.00008 $0.00414
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00207
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00103

Measured 1mo ago against content hash ff04a69f7640, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

check-browser-hijack scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

drbinary-chat-plugin/commands/check-browser-hijack.md · 174 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 174 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Browser Hijacking Detection

Scan all installed browsers for signs of hijacking, unauthorized modifications, and malicious extensions.

Browsers to Check

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Internet Explorer
  • Brave
  • Opera

Detection Areas

1. Browser Settings Files

Check for unauthorized modifications in:

Chrome
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Secure Preferences
  • Look for: homepage_url, default_search_provider, homepage
Firefox
  • %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default*\prefs.js
  • Look for: browser.startup.homepage, browser.search.defaultenginename
Edge
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Preferences
  • Similar structure to Chrome

2. Browser Extensions

Scan extension directories:

Chrome Extensions
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\
  • Check for unknown or suspicious extension IDs
  • Review extension manifest.json files for:
    • Excessive permissions
    • Unknown developers
    • Suspicious URLs
Firefox Add-ons
  • %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default*\extensions\
  • Review extensions.json
Edge Extensions
  • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Extensions\

3. Browser Shortcuts

Check desktop and taskbar shortcuts for hijacking:

# Check Chrome shortcut target
Get-ItemProperty "C:\Users\*\Desktop\*.lnk" | Select-Object Target

Look for modified targets with:

  • Suspicious command line arguments
  • URLs appended to shortcuts
  • Redirects to unwanted sites

4. Registry Browser Settings

# IE/Edge HomePage
HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main -> "Start Page"

# Default search providers
HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

# Browser policies
HKCU:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge
HKCU:\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome

5. Proxy Settings

Check for unauthorized proxy configurations:

HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

Look for:

  • ProxyEnable = 1 (when not expected)
  • ProxyServer settings
  • AutoConfigURL (PAC file hijacking)

Read the full file on GitHub · 174 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 174 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A ff04a69f7640

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check-browser-hijack is a command published in the GitHub repository DeepBitsTechnology/claude-plugins (49 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 1,034 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.