Is Download by Internet Download Manager safe?

Clean risk

Download by Internet Download Manager forwards matched download URLs to the local emano.waldeck native messaging host.

When enabled, the extension watches main-frame and sub-frame web requests and checks non-text responses against configured file extensions. Matching URLs are inserted into native-message arguments and sent to emano.waldeck so the local download manager can handle them.

emano waldeckv0.1.4Firefox Add-ons
3Risk
Who publishes it

emano waldeck - 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
emano waldeck

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 0.1.4. 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

    *://*/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes

    webRequestBlocking

  • Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox

    nativeMessaging

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Download by Internet Download Manager 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.

  • emano.waldeck

    Download by Internet Download Manager sends data to emano.waldeck. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026amo-961619