Is Progressive Downloader safe?
Progressive Downloader sends download URLs, referrers, and cookies to its downloader service.
When you send a link or matching browser download to Progressive Downloader, the extension reads cookies for that URL and packages them with the download URL and referrer. It first tries the native downloader host, then falls back to posting the same data to a local service on 127.0.0.1 ports 25300 through 25305 if native messaging is unavailable.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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 2.5. 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>
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Progressive Downloader 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.
- 127.0.0.1:25300-25305
Progressive Downloader sends data to 127.0.0.1:25300-25305. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- com.ps.psd
Progressive Downloader sends data to com.ps.psd. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.