SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Download History
Chrome extension
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Download History's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
47%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,380 extensions
In Productivity
59%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 191,263 productivity extensions
Findings
9
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
8000
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 9 distinct issues across 6 severities
9
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 12 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High444%
Needs Review00%
Medium444%
Low111%
Info00%
Permissions requested
2 risky permissions of 2 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 2 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Access browsing history
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 5, 2026
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