Random Background Color

Show a random background color on the Google.com homepage.

Random Background Color - Liven up your Google homepage

'Random Background Color' is a Chrome extension that instantly brightens up your browsing experience. Whenever you visit Google.com, it displays a brand new color as your background, doing away with the standard white backdrop. Each new search tab keeps you wondering what color it will surprise you with next!

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Extension stats

By: Melingo

Users: 1,000+

Rating: 1.18

(22)

Version: 0.1 (Last updated: 2014-01-19)

Creation date: 2014-01-19

Permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 86.42K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 27,215 ▼ 4

Other rankings

#6539 in Just for Fun ▲ 69 #260 in change color keyword 57 ▲ 27 #269 in background keyword 80 ▲ 29

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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Pros

Cons

Auto-installs without user consent
Difficult to remove and keeps reinstalling itself
Causes frustration and annoyance for users
Users report it as unwanted software

Most mentioned

Cannot stop it from reinstalling
Frustration over the inability to remove the extension
Need for solutions to block or uninstall it

User reviews

-.- just what the

Daisy Adams, 2017-04-03

auto-installs. Can't stop it from repeatedly installing itself. WTF ?

Mike Wilson, 2014-06-26

I believe I found the solution to this stupid auto installing application. Go to the Chrome extension page and click the developer mode button at the top of the page. You should see a really long ID for the extension. Simply search that ID in whatever drive google chrome is installed on(for me it was drive C) and delete that folder. This was the path that I found it in C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\ikglgnekadileanonnapmgkeklpgjifk. I also found there were many other folders for extensions I had no idea about, so there might be even more junk to clean up. Hope this helps :)

Cheller, 2014-04-17

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Random Background Color requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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