Is Avast Passwords safe?

Clean risk

Avast Passwords is rated clean - our review surfaced no unexpected behavior.

Avast Softwarev2.1.4Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Gen Digital - 16 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
Avast Software
Declared legal entity
Gen Digital
Registered address
60 E Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281-9124, US
Registered contact
Gen Digital Inc

Same store account

3 other listings published from this account, 9.1M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

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.

support.avast.com
Also called by 7 other listings, including Avast Password Manager

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 2.1.4. 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

    <all_urls>

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • React to what is on a page without reading the page

    declarativeContent

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

Updated 30 September 2026emhginjpijfggbofeediiojmdlmlkoik