Is Avast Online Security & Privacy safe?
Avast Online Security & Privacy transmits every visited URL and search result links to Avast servers for malware and phishing classification.
On each tab navigation, the extension POSTs the visited URL to urlite.ff.avast.com with tracking flags set (doNotTrack:false, saveUrlFeed:true). Search result URLs from Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo are also collected in bulk by an injected content script and sent to the same endpoint. Additionally, the extension probes localhost ports 27275, 18821, and 7754 every two minutes to detect installed Avast or AVG desktop software.
Who publishes itGen Digital - 16 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Gen Digital - 16 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
3 other listings published from this account, 5.1M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Same operator - 13 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 4 hostnames
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 22.12.9. 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 secure site you visit
https://*/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/*
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
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store data in your browser
storage
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See which of your requests its blocking rules matched
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Avast Online Security & Privacy 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.
- urlite.ff.avast.com
Avast Online Security & Privacy sends data to urlite.ff.avast.com. 5 other extensions we have analysed send data here.