Compare Chrome extensions: Avast Online Security & Privacy vs Quick Search Tool

Secure your Google Chrome browser against real-time online threats, trackers, and scams.

Browse with confidence using Avast Online Security & Privacy. We’ll check every site you visit, from Facebook to your bank, so nothing puts you or your data at risk. Join a growing community of 400 million Avast users.

• Identify and block phishing sites trying to steal your data.
• Quickly check the risk rating of any website just by hovering over the link.
• Block invasive tracking cookies that collect data on your browsing activities.
• Block online advertising and remove your details from advertisers’ databases.
• Optimize your privacy preferences and settings across your favorite online platforms.
• Automatically ask sites to stop tracking you and selling your data. Learn more at https://globalprivacycontrol.org.

The data we collect includes:

• URL - to check if the website is safe or not
• Usage data - to measure the user’s behavior on the interface and understand how the user interacts with the extension
• Internal extension identifier (GUID) - to distinguish unique malware hits, to measure product telemetry and calculate aggregated statistics