Is Download Manager (S3) safe?
Download Manager (S3) modifies Content-Security-Policy headers on every page and can send downloaded file hashes to VirusTotal.
The extension intercepts HTTP and HTTPS responses across all sites and rewrites Content-Security-Policy headers to append 'data:' to the img-src directive, removing that restriction site-wide. When the auto-scan option is enabled, it reads each completed download from disk, computes a SHA-256 hash, and transmits that hash to VirusTotal to check for known malware.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itOleksandr - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Oleksandr - 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 5.12. 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
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Open files you have downloaded
downloads.open
Read and change your full browsing history
history
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Download Manager (S3) 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.virustotal.com
Download Manager (S3) sends data to www.virustotal.com. 8 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.