Is Sonic the Hedgehog safe?
Sonic the Hedgehog opens a fake 'browser unsupported' page on install that pushes an Opera GX download through dark patterns.
As soon as the extension is installed, it unconditionally opens a new tab to its own domain, which redirects to a page falsely claiming Chrome is unsupported. That page uses a fabricated live-activation counter and false urgency to drive a download of a different browser, badged as an official, safe download.
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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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Sonic the Hedgehog 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.
- download.allownow.store
Sonic the Hedgehog sends data to download.allownow.store. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- mixdownload.allownow.store
Sonic the Hedgehog sends data to mixdownload.allownow.store. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- sonic-the-hedgehog-extension.store
Sonic the Hedgehog sends data to sonic-the-hedgehog-extension.store. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.