Is Avast SecureLine VPN with Ad Blocker safe?
Avast SecureLine VPN with Ad Blocker sends a persistent extension client ID and product state to Google Analytics.
The extension stores a client ID and posts telemetry events to Google Analytics, including product fields such as browser, OS, extension version, and extension ID. Its heartbeat telemetry includes license, license type, ad blocker, and acceptable ads state.
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, 10.0M+ 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 - 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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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Avast VPN 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.
- www.google-analytics.comwidely used
Avast VPN sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.