Is View PDF safe?
View PDF's new tab search streams every keystroke to viewpdf.org and redirects results through a monetized ad network.
View PDF overrides Chrome's new tab page with its own search interface. Each character typed into that search box is sent live to viewpdf.org's autosuggest endpoint, and submitting a search or clicking a suggestion routes the query through viewpdf.org, which redirects to a third-party search-syndication service tagged with a fixed affiliate id rather than to the browser's configured default search engine.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itView PDF - 1 other listing from the same operator, 1 of them carrying a finding
View PDF - 1 other listing 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
1 other listing published from this account, 30k+ users between them. 1 of them carries a finding.
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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Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed View PDF 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.
- viewpdf.org
View PDF sends data to viewpdf.org. One other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- viewpdf-org.s1search.co
View PDF sends data to viewpdf-org.s1search.co. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.