SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Malwarebytes Browser Guard Beta
Chrome extension·by Malwarebytes
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
Malwarebytes Browser Guard Beta's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
2%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Productivity
2%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 177,133 productivity extensions
Findings
143
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
18
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
10000
median 14vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 143 distinct issues across 6 severities
143
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 201 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical43%
High3927%
Needs Review00%
Medium7552%
Low2517%
Info00%
Permissions requested
8 risky permissions of 18 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 18 permissions in total. 8 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Communicate with desktop apps
Can exchange messages with applications installed on your computer
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Access browsing history(optional)
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Unlimited local storage
Can store large amounts of data locally without size limits
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Access user identity
Can get OAuth2 tokens and access your Google account identity
Medium
Read clipboard
Can read text and data currently on your clipboard
Medium
Write to clipboard
Can place content onto your clipboard
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026
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