Is Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control safe?
Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control sends all visited URLs and browser cookies to the locally installed Trellix native application.
Every time a tab finishes loading, the extension forwards the full URL to the Trellix native application via chrome.runtime.connectNative. On a separate timer (60 seconds after start, then every 6 hours), it reads all cookies from every domain with no filter, extracts DoubleClick and Zeotap advertising identity cookies, and sends them to the same native host.
Who publishes itTrellix - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Trellix - 2 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.
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.
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.
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 10.7.0.5779. 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://*/*
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control 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.
- siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension (local native host)
Trellix Endpoint Security Web Control sends data to siteadvisor.mcafee.chrome.extension (local native host). Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.