SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Change Default Search Engine — Search Manager
Chrome extension·by ashurbanipaal
79
/ 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
Change Default Search Engine — Search Manager's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
35%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 402,748 extensions
In Make Chrome Yours
34%of make chrome yours extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 24,648 make chrome yours extensions
Findings
37
median 9Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
3
median 2Declared in manifest
Active users
86
median 18vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 37 distinct issues across 6 severities
37
distinct issues
detected
detected
Critical00%
High00%
Needs Review00%
Medium2259%
Low1541%
Info00%
Permissions requested
3 permissions declared
No risky permissions
3 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Low
Trigger searches
Can trigger searches using the default search engine
Low
Block network requests (declarative)
Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Sep 27, 2026
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