AVG Online Security

Name: AVG Online Security
Rating: 4.5014 (708 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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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.

Privacy & Security Productivity

By:

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:

204.24K

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

See detailed description ⏷

Source:

Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 2,205 ▼ 20

Other rankings

#269 in Search Tools ▼ 1

#3 in security keyword 71

#7 in online keyword 63

#16 in antivirus keyword 32

#21 in secure keyword 46

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Other platforms

AVG Online Security (v21.1.7)

600,000+ 4.68

(624)

AVG Online Security (v20.3.15)

182,678+ 4.60

(347)

User reviews

Users appreciated the ease of use and overall satisfaction with AVG Online Security. However, multiple users expressed frustration because AVG discontinued support for the extension and it uninstalls automatically. The reasons given by AVG for discontinuation were criticized as poor. Additionally, some users found it less protective and more invasive compared to other tools like NoScript.

Pros

Easy and quick features usage
Good overall satisfaction reported by some users

Cons

AVG discontinued support for the extension
The extension uninstalls automatically after discontinuation
Reasons for discontinuation are seen as unconvincing or bad
Provides less protection compared to alternatives like NoScript
Considered invasive by some users

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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

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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