Is Total Search - Safer Searching, Smarter Browsing safe?
Total Search sends Yahoo search-result URLs to TotalAV WebShield for safety classification.
When you view Yahoo search results, Total Search scans result links and sends their URLs to TotalAV WebShield for categorization. The response is used to update safety icons next to search results.
Who publishes itTotal Security Limited - 6 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
Total Security Limited - 6 other listings from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
4 other listings published from this account, 930k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
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.
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. 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 totalsearch.com
*://totalsearch.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on search.yahoo.com
*://search.yahoo.com/* and 1 more
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Total Search - Safer Searching, Smarter Browsing 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.
- api.webshield.protected.net
Total Search - Safer Searching, Smarter Browsing sends data to api.webshield.protected.net. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.