SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
McAfee® WebAdvisor
Edge extension·by McAfee LLC.
0
/ 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
McAfee® WebAdvisor's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
72.58%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
62.58%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
96
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
5
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
10
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 96 findings across 5 severities
96
findings
detected
detected
Critical00%
High1314%
Medium6164%
Low2223%
Info00%
Permissions requested
5 risky permissions of 10 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 5 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
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Execute scripts in pages
Can inject and execute JavaScript code in web pages
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
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
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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