Osprey: Browser Protection

Changes in 1.2.7

• Added custom logos to each protection provider
• Added HideProtectionOptions policy to hide the panel
• Revised approach for displaying Official Partners
• Added policy protections for important default settings
• Added a new blocked cache to reduce network requests
• Block page and icon now show total blocks for all providers
• Renamed Restricted classification to Adult Content
• Cleaned up code

Looks great! Thanks, @Foulest .

 

Access to your test page was successfully blocked by Osprey:
"Reported by: AdGuard Security DNS (and 8 others)"



Is it possible to find out who the other 8 protection providers are?

Edit: The 8 shown in the icon is a bit misleading if access to your test page was blocked by AdGuard Security DNS (1) and 8 others: 1+8 = 9

 

That's a good catch - I'll fix that right away!

 

You'll also now see what other providers blocked a page. Again, thanks for letting me know!

 

Good news! Thank you very much, @Foulest . I love Osprey.

 

I've been getting a lot of CAPTCHA's when doing google searches lately, to prove I'm human. I'm not suggesting Osprey is the cause, but I'm just trying to find out why.

Anyone seeing this the last couple of weeks?

 

I haven't experienced this.

 

I now suspect it's Google's Ai. I've found I can search something similar on another tab (Firefox) and I don't see the CAPTCHA.

 

https://malwaretips.com/threads/google-search-captcha.136307/#post-1129778

 

I noticed that version 1.2.7 reports how many other Protection Providers block the malicious web page.

This reporting is done exclusively based on the selected Protection Providers.

In the example below the malicious web page appears to be blocked by only 1 Protection Provider (active - Gdata/Bitdefender/Open DNS):




When in fact as many as 6 protection providers would be blocking the malicious web page.
Example below all active Protection Providers:




Test performed here:

https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=173205

 

This is intentional.

 

Yes,I have noticed.
But only by opening the browser development tools you can know which other Protection Providers intervene in blocking and instead which ones do not block the web page:

 

You will be able to see the list of providers that block a page on the block screen in version 1.2.8.

 

... which has just been released.

Changes in 1.2.8

• Removed Bitdefender TrafficLight from protection providers
• Reported by text now displays a list of providers on hover
• Turned Switch.ch Security DNS off by default
• Turned OpenDNS Security DNS on by default
• Fixed issue with block counter number
• Cleaned up code

This update has been submitted to all extension stores.

Edit: Why has Bitdefender TrafficLight been removed from the protection providers?

 

Same reason as the other providers removed in the past - they contacted me and asked for its removal.

 

I see.

 

It can be replaced by:

• GData
• Norton
• PrecisionSec

the list is in order of blocking especially in malware content websites.

 

Agreed. The remaining protection providers are still strong enough for Osprey to provide adequate protection, GData in particular.

 

P.S.

In my opinion, Norton is also effective in Fake Sites.
Quad9 is also very good.

 

Yes getting a lot of this, especially on Firefox.

 

I also get some CAPTCHAs when doing Google searches, but they do not seem to be Osprey-related. As soon as I disable my VPN, the CAPCHAs are gone.

 

Thanks guys. I'm getting them in Firefox without even connecting my VPN. I did get one in Brave on my Android phone the other day too.

... Anyway, as @Buddel mentioned, it isn't related to Osprey.

 

@Foulest

Hi,
Can you explain how to access that feature?

• Reported by text now displays a list of providers on hover