Is Symantec Browser Protection safe?

Clean risk

This extension detects and blocks web-based threats while you browse.

It provides in-browser protection against phishing sites, malware downloads, malicious advertisements, and compromised websites. The description says it uses Symantec threat intelligence and is available as an early preview.

Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Incv1.0.0.217Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Inc - 3 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

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

Publisher
Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Inc
Registered address
201 Old Barge Dr, Pawleys Island, SC 29585-6351, US
Registered contact
James Matthew Sullivan
Website
www.broadcom.com/company/contact-us/feedback-and-comments

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 1.0M+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

Symantec Endpoint Protection1.0M+Clean

Same operator - 2 listings

Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.

Symantec
same registered address
100k+Clean
Symantec
same registered address
3.0M+Clean

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.0.217. 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

    http://*/*

  • Read and change your data on every secure site you visit

    https://*/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

  • Show you desktop notifications

    notifications

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Symantec Browser Protection 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.

  • Broadcom

    Symantec Browser Protection sends data to Broadcom. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.

  • Symantec

    Symantec Browser Protection sends data to Symantec. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026hielpjjagjimpgppnopiibaefhfpbpfn