Is SpyHunter® Web Security safe?
SpyHunter Web Security forwards navigated URLs to its backend and transmits hardware IDs and browsing statistics to Google Analytics.
The extension intercepts every browser navigation and checks URLs against a bloom filter; those flagged as potentially unsafe are forwarded to shws.enigmasoft.net/chk. On each periodic definition update, the extension POSTs analytics including a persistent device UUID, the SpyHunter desktop app's hardware ID, and aggregate browsing counts to Google Analytics. A remote-controlled flag (query_unknown_urls) embedded in downloaded definitions can expand URL forwarding to cover all navigated URLs, not just bloom-filter matches.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itEnigmaSoft Limited - no other listings under this identity, 7 shared hostnames
EnigmaSoft Limited - no other listings under this identity, 7 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 7 hostnames
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 1.11.1.96. 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
*://*/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on enigmasoft.net
https://*.enigmasoft.net/
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Store data in your browser
storage
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed spyhunter%C2%AE-web-security 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.google-analytics.comwidely used
spyhunter%C2%AE-web-security sends data to www.google-analytics.com. A widely used service: 346 other extensions we have analysed send data here.
- shws.enigmasoft.net
spyhunter%C2%AE-web-security sends data to shws.enigmasoft.net. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- shbe.downloads.enigmasoft.net
spyhunter%C2%AE-web-security sends data to shbe.downloads.enigmasoft.net. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.