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VanishAds — Ad Blocker, Pop-up Blocker & Tracker Blocker

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

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How it ranks

VanishAds — Ad Blocker, Pop-up Blocker & Tracker Blocker's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
25%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,509 extensions
In Productivity
32%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 202,442 productivity extensions
Findings
23
median 17Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
6
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
9
median 13vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 23 distinct issues across 6 severities
23
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 6 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 6 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

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 13, 2026
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