PopupFilter

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PopupFilter is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by preventing unexpected popups from website links and scripts. Utilizing the WebExtensions API, this extension ensures compatibility across multiple browsers including Chrome, Firefox, and Opera.

Users can easily switch between three modes:

Normal Mode: Allows customary tab openings and window displays.
Confirm Mode: Prompts you for confirmation before opening a new tab/window.
Blocking Mode: Blocks all unwanted tabs/windows.

With a dedicated settings page, manage your opened, confirmed, and blocked tabs effortlessly, providing options to close tabs or restore blocked content. Notably, PopupFilter prioritizes privacy by not utilizing black/white lists or accessing your browser history. Language support includes English, French, Italian, and Spanish, making it accessible for global users.
Stay in control of your browsing environment with PopupFilter!

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By:: Baptiste Thémine
Users:: 625 -6
Rating:: 3.25
(8)
Version:: 4.0 (Last updated: 2018-10-29)
Creation date:: 2018-10-29
Risk:: High risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:: <all_urls>
storage
tabs
webNavigation
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
Size:: 232.45K
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: 18 hours ago

Ranking

# 36,535 ▼ 736

Other rankings

#7439 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 8 #107 in firefox keyword 23 ▼ 7 #158 in popup keyword 52 ▲ 2

User reviews

Does not work

Chris Vydas, 2023-04-06

Not worked, my site opens ad tabs every time.

Jeshar, 2022-11-04

It cannot block the pop-up ad on https://trx.feyorra.fun/. I would give you even 1 star if it was more than 0, but I could only give one star to comment.

Engin Rençber, 2022-04-29

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Extension safety

Risk impact

PopupFilter 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

PopupFilter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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