SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Free Download Manager
Chrome extension·by Free Download Manager.ORG
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CRITICAL
Severe indicators. Treat as unsafe until the developer addresses these findings.
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How it ranks
Free Download Manager's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
0%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,710 extensions
In Productivity
0%of productivity extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 25,973 productivity extensions
Findings
51
median 10Lower is safer
Critical findings
4
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
13
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
3000000
median 23vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 51 findings across 5 severities
51
findings
detected
detected
Critical48%
High1224%
Medium3569%
Low00%
Info00%
Permissions requested
7 risky permissions of 13 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 13 permissions in total. 7 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
Access browser cookies
Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
High
Access browsing history
Can read and modify your complete browsing history
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
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
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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