SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
IObit Surfing Protection
Chrome extension·by IObit
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
RISKY
Several elevated signals. Read the findings before sharing this with your team.
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How it ranks
IObit Surfing Protection's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
3%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 369,936 extensions
In Lifestyle
3%of lifestyle extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 43,972 lifestyle extensions
Findings
172
median 12Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
9
median 1Declared in manifest
Active users
300000
median 26vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 172 distinct issues across 6 severities
172
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 173 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical32%
High95%
Needs Review11%
Medium14886%
Low95%
Info21%
Permissions requested
4 risky permissions of 9 total
1 critical permission require attention
This extension requests 9 permissions in total. 4 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
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
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
Low
View blocked request stats
Can see which declarative rules matched network requests
Low
Schedule tasks
Can schedule periodic background tasks
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 12, 2026
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