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Adaware Web Protection

Chrome extension·by adblock
75
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Adaware Web Protection's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
23%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,594 extensions
In Productivity
30%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 194,438 productivity extensions
Findings
15
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
60000
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 15 distinct issues across 6 severities
15
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

2 risky permissions of 5 total
2 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 2 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
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

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

Low
Block network requests (declarative)

Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content

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