Is Avira Browser Safety safe?
Avira Browser Safety transmits every visited URL to Avira's classification API and can execute server-supplied JavaScript on shopping sites.
On each page navigation, the extension sends the full URL to v2.auc.avira.com along with a persistent per-user GUID generated at install time. When the Offers feature is enabled, the extension fetches scraping instructions from offers.avira.com and injects the returned JavaScript expressions directly into the page, executing them in the page context with no integrity verification. Every six hours, the extension also reports installed Avira sibling extensions, user settings, and an AIMS account identifier to Mixpanel, including the user's IP address.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAvira - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
Avira - no other listings under this identity, 8 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 8 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 4.2.7.23601. 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
http://*/*
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
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
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
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: 38 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- v2.auc.avira.com
Avira Browser Safety sends data to v2.auc.avira.com. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- offers.avira.com
Avira Browser Safety sends data to offers.avira.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.