Is Adaware Web Protection safe?
Adaware Web Protection sends install, update, and daily activity telemetry with browser details to flow.lavasoft.com.
The extension posts event JSON to flow.lavasoft.com when it is installed or updated and during daily activity checks. Those events include a generated install ID and install date, browser family, version and locale, platform, extension version and locale, plus campaign or source fields when present.
Who publishes it7270356 Canada Inc. - 3 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
7270356 Canada Inc. - 3 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 200k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Same operator - 2 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 2.0.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
*://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Adaware Web Protection contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- flow.lavasoft.com
Adaware Web Protection sends data to flow.lavasoft.com. 3 other extensions we have analysed send data here.