Is Dr.Web LinkChecker safe?
Dr.Web LinkChecker sends selected or clicked URLs to Dr.Web's online reputation checker.
When you use its link-check feature, Dr.Web LinkChecker opens a Dr.Web results page with the selected URL included in the request. For supported social-network link checks, it also sends the clicked URL and site name to Dr.Web's online checker and uses the response to show the link status.
Who publishes itDoctor Web Anti-Virus - no other listings under this identity, 5 shared hostnames
Doctor Web Anti-Virus - no other listings under this identity, 5 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 5 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 3.9.22.11161. 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://*/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Dr.Web LinkChecker 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.
- online.drweb.com
Dr.Web LinkChecker sends data to online.drweb.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.