Is Yandex Search Engine safe?

Clean risk

Adds Yandex Search access and search suggestions in Firefox.

This extension adds Yandex to Firefox search options on desktop and sets it as the default search engine. It also supports @ya keyword searches, a toolbar popup for searching, and Yandex search suggestions while typing; on Android, it provides the toolbar popup search option only.

KakTak.NetFirefox Add-ons
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Who publishes it

KakTak.Net - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
KakTak.Net

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.

suggest.yandex.ru
Also called by 4 other listings, including Speed Dial, Yandex Search

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 Yandex Search Engine 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.

  • Yandex

    Yandex Search Engine sends data to Yandex. Named as a recipient by 11 other extensions we have analyzed.

Updated 15 October 2026amo-2919185