Is AdSense Active View Monitor safe?

Clean risk

AdSense Active View Monitor shows local notifications containing the current tab URL when Active View requests fire.

The extension watches all browser requests for AdSense Active View URLs containing activeview?. When one appears, it reads the active tab URL and displays it in a local Chrome notification along with the detected slot ID.

GV Software Solutionsv1.1Chrome Web Store
2Risk
Who publishes it

GV Software Solutions - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
GV Software Solutions
Website
www.glennmccartney.com/apps/chrome-extensions/adsense-active-view-monitor/

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1. 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

    *://*/*

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

Updated 30 September 2026cmjfeoafompmdagkmabefjhmoibfiapm