Is Download with FlashGet safe?

Clean risk

Download with FlashGet forwards intercepted download URLs and referrers to the local FlashGet native client.

When its download interception setting is enabled, Download with FlashGet watches browser download events and pauses matching HTTP or FTP downloads. It sends the download URL and referrer to a local native messaging host so the configured FlashGet command can start the transfer.

Joe Ertabav0.2.3Firefox Add-ons
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Who publishes it

Joe Ertaba - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

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 0.2.3. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

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

    nativeMessaging

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Download with FlashGet 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.

  • com.add0n.native_client

    Download with FlashGet sends data to com.add0n.native_client. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026amo-936501