Norton Safe Search

Search safely online by enabling Norton Safe Search as your default search provider for maximum protection on Chrome.

What is Norton Safe Search?

"Norton Safe Search" is a chrome extension developed by NortonLifeLock Inc. that serves as your defense against online threats and scams. It warns you about dangerous sites when you are surfing online and offers site safety ratings as well. It secures your online shopping, browsing, and data management by controlling the sites the extension can access and changing your search settings to Norton Safe Search service.

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Stats

By: https://norton.com

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 6,202,869 ▲ 11.36K

Rating: 2.85 (134) ▲ 0.01

Version: 3.22.0.7 (Last updated: 2023-11-28)

Creation date: 2023-07-24

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides search engine: Yes

Permissions:

tabs
storage
scripting
alarms
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

https://*.norton.com/*

Size: 2.29M

Email: Click to see

URLs: Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 64 ▼ 1

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Norton Safe Search (v3.22.0.9)

3.50 (258) 3,646,235

Summary

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Norton Safe Search helps protect you from identity thieves and online scams by warning you of dangerous sites when you search, shop or browse online.

Norton Safe Search provides you added peace of mind by showing site safety ratings when a search by showing,

If the site is Trusted
If you should exercise additional caution
If the site is known to be malicious, which should be avoided.

This extension uses permissions that produce the following Chrome messages to perform necessary functions within the extension.

“Read your browsing history”

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Good protection against viruses and spam
Used and trusted by customers for many years
Comes with extra features and services

Cons

Too many pop-ups and interruptions
Extra charges for services customers feel should be included
Changes and overrides personal browser settings

Most mentioned

Frequent pop-ups
Added costs for extra services
Norton slows down PC and browser performance

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Safety

Risk impact

Norton Safe Search is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Norton Safe Search if you trust the publisher.