Is AdGuard Browser Assistant safe?
This extension adds in-browser controls for the AdGuard desktop app’s site filtering and element blocking.
It lets you turn ad blocking on or off for the current website, manually remove page elements, and delete user rules related to a page. It also provides access to AdGuard desktop app settings and the filtering log for the page, and includes an option to report a site when an ad appears. The AdGuard desktop app for Mac or Windows is required.
Who publishes itAdguard Software Limited - 4 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Adguard Software Limited - 4 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
4 other listings published from this account, 17.9M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.4.8. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed AdGuard Browser Assistant 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.
- AdGuard
AdGuard Browser Assistant sends data to AdGuard. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.
- AdGuard desktop app
AdGuard Browser Assistant sends data to AdGuard desktop app. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.