Is Genius PRO : Adblocker +Total Web Security safe?
Genius PRO fetches blocking rules over plaintext HTTP and installs returned domains as browser-wide block rules.
On install and during weekly updates, the background worker requests http://patilweb.com/extension/v3/filters. Lines returned in the filter response that begin with || are converted into Chrome dynamic blocking rules, so that remote list controls which domains the browser blocks.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itAirDesktop - no other listings under this identity
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 25.11.11. 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 secure site you visit
https://*/*
Read and change your data on every site you visit
http://*/* and 1 more
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
See which of your requests its blocking rules matched
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed genius-pro-adblocker-+tot 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.
- patilweb.com
genius-pro-adblocker-+tot sends data to patilweb.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.