Is Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) safe?

Clean risk

Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) sends download URLs and referrers to a local native client when integration is enabled.

When active, the extension pauses matching browser downloads and launches the configured Free Download Manager command through Chrome native messaging. The command arguments include the download URL and can also include the referrer, filename, and browser user agent depending on the configured command or context-menu/grab action.

InBasicv0.3.5Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

InBasic - 7 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

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 0.3.5. 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

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) 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 Free Download Manager (FDM) sends data to com.add0n.native_client. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • Free Download Manager

    Download with Free Download Manager (FDM) sends data to Free Download Manager. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026jlodlegnpjplclncjkgolcmdhjmlokna