AVG Online Security

Name: AVG Online Security
Rating: 4.495 (707 reviews)
Author: AVG Technologies

AVG Browser Security and Web Reputation Plugin. Offering protection against known phishing and malware sites, improving your browsing overall browsing experience with crowd sourced web reputation rating.

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Features & Capabilities

AVG Online Security is a powerful Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing safety by protecting you against phishing and malware sites. Leveraging a vast community of over 400 million users, it provides real-time web reputation ratings, warns you of untrustworthy sites, and blocks tracking cookies to guard your privacy.

Key features include phishing site identification and blocking, easy visibility of website ratings by hovering over links, community-driven site reviews, automatic switching to Avast Secure Browser for sensitive activities like banking, and comprehensive user data protection governed by AVG's privacy policies. This extension ensures a safer, more informed browsing experience by combining advanced security technology with a user-powered rating system.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Privacy & Security

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Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

20.5.12 Last updated: 2024-05-14

Version code:

5735897

Creation date:

2019-06-27

Risk:

Permissions:

https://*/*
http://*/*
tabs

Size:

199.45KB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 3,304 ▼ 40

Other rankings

#9 in online keyword 67

#9 in security keyword 84

#18 in antivirus keyword 27 ▲ 1

#24 in secure keyword 52

#25 in malware keyword 49

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Other platforms

AVG Online Security (v21.1.9)

500,000 4.68

(629)

AVG Online Security (v20.3.16)

181,739 4.60

(338)

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Developed by:

AVG Technologies

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/avg-online-security/

Website:

https://www.avg.com

Permission Change History

2024-05-14: Version 20.3.10 → 20.5.12

Remove Permissions: storage webNavigation webRequest webRequestBlocking

User Reviews

AVG Online Security was praised for its ease of use and effective protection. However, several users expressed dissatisfaction with AVG discontinuing support for the extension without clear or satisfactory reasons, which led to its automatic uninstallation. Users also noted that its protection is less comprehensive compared to alternatives like NoScript, and some found the extension invasive.

Pros

Easy to use with quick and efficient features
Provides satisfactory protection for users

Cons

AVG has discontinued support for this extension causing automatic uninstallation
Reasons for discontinuation are seen as poor and unjustified by users
Does not protect as effectively as other extensions like NoScript
Considered invasive by some users

Recent reviews

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Is AVG Online Security Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

AVG Online Security requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

AVG Online Security has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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