Is Avira Browser Safety safe?
Avira Browser Safety sends every URL you visit to Avira's cloud classification API and logs browsing events to Mixpanel analytics.
On each page navigation, the extension transmits the full normalized URL to v2.auc.avira.com for malware/phishing classification. In parallel, a persistent random user ID is linked to analytics events — including visited URLs and the list of all installed Chrome extensions — sent to Mixpanel. The extension-scan feature that collects installed extension metadata requires the optional 'management' permission and is off by default.
Who publishes itGen Digital - 17 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Gen Digital - 17 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
2 other listings published from this account, 15.0M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Same operator - 15 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
Shared hosts - 10 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.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.3.1.57. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 4.3.1.70, which we have not unpacked yet.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Avira Browser Safety 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.
- api.mixpanel.comwidely used
Avira Browser Safety sends data to api.mixpanel.com. A widely used service: 35 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- v2.auc.avira.com
Avira Browser Safety sends data to v2.auc.avira.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.