Is K7 Webprotection safe?
K7 Webprotection sends search-result URLs from Google, Bing, and Yahoo pages to a local K7 service for site-rating checks.
When a supported search page finishes loading and site ratings are enabled, K7 Webprotection gathers the result links on the page. It posts those URLs as a sites list to a local K7 Webprotection service at https://127.0.0.1:7080/k7sr/siterate/sitelookup.htm through Chrome native messaging, then uses the response to show rating icons next to results.
Who publishes itK7 COMPUTING PRIVATE LIMITED - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
K7 COMPUTING PRIVATE LIMITED - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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 5.4. 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://*/*
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed K7 WebProtection 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.
- 127.0.0.1:7080
K7 WebProtection sends data to 127.0.0.1:7080. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- com.k7computing.k7webprotection
K7 WebProtection sends data to com.k7computing.k7webprotection. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.