Is Internet Download Accelerator safe?
Adds browser context-menu options to download links with Internet Download Accelerator.
This extension integrates Chrome with the Internet Download Accelerator desktop program when it is installed on the PC. It adds context-menu items to download a selected link or all links on a page with IDA, and it can offer a download option from the extension button on supported video pages. Options include enabling or disabling browser integration and setting a minimum file size.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 4.1.0. 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://*/*
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
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
Open files you have downloaded
downloads.open
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Store data in your browser
storage
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension
activeTab
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Internet Download Accelerator 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.
- Internet Download Accelerator
Internet Download Accelerator sends data to Internet Download Accelerator. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.