Is VirusTotal Scan safe?
VirusTotal Scan sends context-menu link URLs to VirusTotal with an embedded API key.
When you choose the extension's context-menu scan action on a link, it sends that link URL to VirusTotal's URL report API. The request includes a hardcoded VirusTotal API key that is packaged inside the extension source.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itvtscan@gmx.de - no other listings under this identity
vtscan@gmx.de - no other listings under this identity
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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 0.6.3. 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 www.virustotal.com
https://www.virustotal.com/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed VirusTotal Scan 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.
- www.virustotal.com
VirusTotal Scan sends data to www.virustotal.com. 8 other extensions we have analysed send data here.