Is Web Threat Shield safe?
Web Threat Shield sends every visited URL and resolved IP address to Webroot's cloud service for real-time reputation checks.
On each page load, the extension transmits the URL and the site's IP address to sn.webrootcloudav.com to classify the destination against Webroot's threat database (BCAP). If the page is not blocked, the extension also collects up to 1 MB of the page's HTML content and forwards it to Webroot's cloud or a locally installed WSA agent for phishing analysis (RTAP). IP addresses for all visited HTTP and HTTPS resources are captured via a webRequest listener and cached locally in IndexedDB before being included in outbound requests.
Who publishes itWebroot.com - no other listings under this identity, 10 shared hostnames
Webroot.com - no other listings under this identity, 10 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 10 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 2.3.26191.1. 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
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Web Threat Shield 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.
- sn.webrootcloudav.com
Web Threat Shield sends data to sn.webrootcloudav.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.