Is IDM Integration Module safe?
IDM Integration Module reads cookies for every download URL and forwards them to the local IDM desktop application over WebSocket or native messaging.
When a user initiates a download, the extension collects all cookies associated with the download URL via browser.cookies.getAll and transmits them to the IDM desktop application at ws://127.0.0.1:1001 or via the native messaging host com.tonec.idm. This allows the desktop downloader to authenticate the request as the browser user. Additionally, on startup the extension sets a persistent numeric client identifier cookie (idmwebext_cid) on internetdownloadmanager.com with an expiry of January 2038.
Who publishes itInternet Download Manager, Tonec Inc. - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
Internet Download Manager, Tonec Inc. - 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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 6.43.1. 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>
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
See, disable and uninstall your other extensions, including your security ones
management
Store data in your browser
storage
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Change your browser's privacy and security settings
privacy
Detect when you step away from your computer
idle
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed IDM Integration Module 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.
- 127.0.0.1:1001
IDM Integration Module sends data to 127.0.0.1:1001. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- com.tonec.idm
IDM Integration Module sends data to com.tonec.idm. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- www.internetdownloadmanager.com
IDM Integration Module sends data to www.internetdownloadmanager.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.