Is Bitdefender TrafficLight for Firefox safe?
Bitdefender TrafficLight for Firefox sends every visited URL to Bitdefender's cloud servers for real-time threat classification.
On each tab navigation, the extension POSTs the full URL to nimbus.bitdefender.net for phishing and malware checks, building a record of browsing activity on Bitdefender's servers. On Facebook and Messenger, a content script reads message text from the DOM and relays it through a native messaging channel to the Bitdefender desktop application for scam-link scanning. Facebook sponsored-post data — including ad IDs, advertiser names, and redirect URLs — is also extracted and forwarded to Bitdefender's cloud for malvertising analysis.
Who publishes itBitdefender - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Bitdefender - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 2 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 3.4.3. 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://*/ and 1 more
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Bitdefender TrafficLight for Firefox 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.
- nimbus.bitdefender.net
Bitdefender TrafficLight for Firefox sends data to nimbus.bitdefender.net. 3 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- Bitdefender native desktop app (com.extension.av.communication)
Bitdefender TrafficLight for Firefox sends data to Bitdefender native desktop app (com.extension.av.communication). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.