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Parabolic Download Manager

Firefox extension·by Othman Ben Brahim
73
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Parabolic Download Manager's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
18%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 415,560 extensions
In Photos Music Videos
8%of photos music videos extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,259 photos music videos extensions
Findings
13
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
2
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
7
median 6vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

4 risky permissions of 8 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 8 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

Critical
Access to all websites

Can read and modify content on every website you visit

High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

Medium
Add context menu items

Can add custom items to the right-click context menu

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Show notifications

Can display desktop notifications outside the browser

Medium
Read clipboard

Can read text and data currently on your clipboard

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 23, 2026
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