Is Symantec Endpoint Protection safe?

Clean risk

This extension applies company web-browsing protection policies through Symantec Endpoint Protection.

It works with the Symantec Endpoint Protection product to provide in-browser security for web browsing based on company policy. If problems occur, the store description directs users to contact their administrator.

Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom Incv1.4.5.9Chrome Web Store
0Risk
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

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 20k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

Symantec Browser Protection20k+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.

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.4.3.4. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to. The current listed version is 1.4.5.9, which we have not unpacked yet.

  • 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

  • Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes

    webRequestBlocking

  • Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox

    nativeMessaging

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Symantec Endpoint 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 Endpoint Protection sends data to Broadcom. Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.

  • Symantec Endpoint Protection

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

Updated 30 September 2026pamolibmfebkknkdmfabpjebifbffbec