Is Malus VPN safe?
Malus VPN sends the full URL and page title of every proxied tab to Google Analytics and its own backend.
Whenever a tab routed through the VPN finishes loading, Malus VPN records the page's full URL and forwards it as a Google Analytics event, and separately posts the same URL (plus an auth token) to its own api.getmalus.com backend. It also sends the active proxied tab's URL and title to that backend to fetch content that gets injected as a full-screen overlay in the page. None of this per-page browsing data collection is described as a feature of the VPN.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itMalus - no other listings under this identity, 10 shared hostnames
Malus - no other listings under this identity, 10 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 10 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 7.0.6. 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://*/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Route all of your browsing through a server of its choosing
proxy
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Malus VPN 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.
- www.google-analytics.comwidely used
Malus VPN sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 372 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- api.getmalus.com
Malus VPN sends data to api.getmalus.com. 2 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.