Is Microsoft Defender Browser Protection safe?
Warns before you visit known harmful websites listed by Microsoft.
This extension checks links and websites against Microsoft’s continuously updated list of reported harmful URLs. When a match is found, it shows a red warning screen and provides a one-click way to go back. It also includes a real-time website status indicator and a feature to report suspicious sites.
Who publishes itMicrosoft Corporation - 10 other listings from the same operator, 4 of them carrying a finding
Microsoft Corporation - 10 other listings from the same operator, 4 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
7 other listings published from this account, 2.5M+ users between them. 4 of them carry a finding.
Same operator - 3 listings
Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
Publishers can request a review.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.664. 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 smartscreen.microsoft.com
https://*.smartscreen.microsoft.com/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Microsoft Defender Browser Protection 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.
- Microsoft
Microsoft Defender Browser Protection sends data to Microsoft. Named as a recipient by 6 other extensions we have analysed.